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Podcast: Update@Noon
Episode: Veteran broadcaster Tim Modise: "A lot of passion and dedication went in to the reporting of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) by the SABC in the 90s
Description: On the 15th September 1997 an admissions that the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) promoted apartheid emerged at a Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing in Johannesburg. The Commission was hearing testimony on the media's role in the apartheid years. While former SABC staff members, like television news editor Johan Pretorius, claimed the service minimised the effects of apartheid, others claimed it often exceeded the wishes of its apartheid bosses. Lets take you the down memory lane with Angie Kapelianis, Head of Digital and Audio Visual and former SABC field reporter speaking to Veteteran Broadcaster Bra Tim Modise on the TRC...