History of South African Media

By Kholo Mothoa

  • The launch and first issue of the Huisgenoot magazine

    The launch and first issue of the Huisgenoot magazine

  • The beginning of the establishment of radio in South Africa

  • The first regular broadcasts took place in Johannesburg

    The first regular broadcasts took place in Johannesburg

  • The African Broadcasting Company(ABC) was formed

  • The South African Broadcasting Corporation was formed to resolve technological difficulties of Broadcasting to the whole of South Africa

    The South African Broadcasting Corporation was formed to resolve technological difficulties of Broadcasting to the whole of South Africa

  • The introduction of news services took place

  • Programing for Black listeners was introduced in three of the biggest languages in South Africa, namely, seSotho, isiZulu and isiXhosa

  • Frequency Modulation (FM) was introduced

    Frequency Modulation (FM) was introduced

  • African language services aimed at Black listeners came into being with the introduction of FM transmissions

  • The introduction of Television came into being

    The introduction of Television came into being

  • The nationalisation of Broadcasting

  • Subscription television services such as M-Net was introduced

    Subscription television services such as M-Net was introduced
  • Period: to

    The beginning of community radio and a period of restructuring