SABC 2
Launched	1996
Network	SABC
Owned by	South African Broadcasting Corporation
Picture format	576i (SDTV, 4:3)
Slogan	Feel at Home
Country	South Africa
Language	Sotho Tswana Afrikaans[1]
Broadcast area	South Africa
Headquarters	Johannesburg
Formerly called	TV2
Sister channel(s)	SABC 1 SABC 3
Website	http://www.sabc2.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Sentech	Channel depends on nearest Sentech repeater
Satellite
DSTV	Channel 132

SABC 2 is a South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) television channel that carries programming in English, Afrikaans, the 3 Sesotho Languages spoken in South Africa, Tshivenda, and Xitsonga.

It was created in 1996, after the SABC restructured its television channels. The reduced prominence of Afrikaans angered many speakers of the language, although the channel still features a significant amount of Afrikaans programming, including a news broadcast every weeknight at 19:00 and weekends at 18:00.

M-Net seeing the market need, launched the Afrikaans subscription channel KykNet in 1999 and followed in 2005 with the music channel MK (originally known as MK89.) In 2009, Mnet launched Koowwe, a kids channel broadcasting in Afrikaans

[edit] See also

• South African Broadcasting Corporation
• List of South African media

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• SABC 2 (official site)

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