Wednesday, December 27, 2017

SABC to cover the 2017 matric results on 4 and 5 January with the exam results announcement covered live, followed by a next-day Morning Live breakfast boadcast.


The SABC will be covering the 2017 matric result announcements on Thursday and Friday 4 and 5 January 2018 with a live broadcast of the minister of education's exam results announcement on SABC1, followed the next day by a Morning Live broadcast on SABC2 providing analysis of the results.

The South African public broadcaster says it is working with the department of basic education and will be doing a Top Achievers Breakfast on Thursday 4 January at the SABC's M1 Studios in Radio Park.

At this Top Achievers Breakfast, the SABC will host the best Grade 12 pupils and their parents who will be able to meet the minister and deputy minister of basic education.

The SABC will also be doing a live broadcast on SABC1 and SABC News (DStv 404) on the evening of Thursday 4 January of the minister's announcement of the 2017 matric exam results, where the SABC Foundation will also be awarding bursaries to some top learners.

On Friday 5 January there will be a Morning Live breakfast shown on SABC2 and SABC News (DStv 404) to unpack the matric exam results.

Morning Live will be speaking to various basic education sector experts and do live crossings to all of the various provincial education departments.