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Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for attending the media briefing during these difficult times. This morning we met as the Council of Education Ministers (CEM) to further consider and evaluate the plans that we have been working on. Since the schools were closed on Wednesday, 18th, we have had a series of consultations with the provincial departments of education to identify ways in which we can ensure that our children are better informed about Covid-19, they are engaged, and continue their education in their homes. Following the announcement of the lock-down by the President, CEM has agreed to focus on catch up programme our efforts to the Promotion of Learning and Teaching in homes, and to the preparation for catch up when the children come back to schools. We are grateful that our partners such as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) have come on board to support the Department. We are also acutely aware

Brand New & Exclusive INTERVENTION: THE HEROIN HUB S17 Starts 4th May, Mondays at 20:05 CAT Over the course of six consecutve episodes, viewers will follow the stories of addicts as they work to overcome their opioid addictons as well as one of the most dramatc recoveries in one of the largest drug hubs on the East Coast. The team of expert interventonists will work with city ofcials, frst responders and the families, ofering a way out before it is too late. This season, Interventon focuses on the journey of those plagued by addicton and their families who are lef to pick up the pieces in what is dubbed Philadelphia’s “Heroin Hub” and the surrounding communites. Interventonists Ken Seeley, Donna Chavous, Heather Hayes, Michael Gonzalez and Jim Reidy face the biggest challenge of their careers as they atempt to help nine victms of addicton, who are in dire need of support, to get clean and gain control over their lives. Brand New - Crime on Lifetime A KILLER’S MISTAKE S2 St

Brand New: Part of Rise of Extremism Stunt AMERICA ON FIRE On 2nd May, Saturday at 20:15 CAT Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Charlie Leduf goes deep inside the American milita movement to uncover their roots, motvatons, and goals, in an increasingly polarized world. Brand New & Exclusive LOST RELICS OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Starts 6th May, Wednesdays at 20:15 CAT Meet Carl and Hamilton and marvel at their collectons of classic cars, Viking treasure, Celtc gold and Nazi memorabilia, establishing them as obsessive collectors of rare and extremely valuable items. The duo invites historian and best-selling author of ‘The Templars: The Rise and the Spectacular Fall of God’s Holy Warriors’, Dan Jones, into their inner sanctum to reveal the hoard to an outsider for the frst tme. Excited but cautous, Dan challenges Carl and Hamilton to prove each items provenance before they release news of their discovery to the world. This will involve tracing the relics back to their country of ori

As we stay true to our promise of looking at different aspects, what we believe is a key aspect to a child’s development and link these to different programming, with shows  balancing education and entertainment, we are proud to be bringing you the Da Vinci channel to our valued South African subscribers on DStv channel 318. Da Vinci will be available to subscribers of DStv Premium, DStv Compact Plus, and DStv Compact & Family packages. It is inspirational artist, scientist and inventor, Leonardo Da Vinci - the Germany-based channel aspires to illustrate the beauty and wonders of human curiosity and its explorations, be it in science, arts or innovation 24/7. The new edutainment channel will amaze and delight DStv kiddies viewers – at home and on the go via DStv Now – with a range of fun educational programming for kids and the whole family alike filled with humour, imagination and meaningful, educational takeaways that cover Science, Math and Technology, and moreover Play

Admist the coronavirus outbreak MultiChoice has added various channels to DStv and non-DStv subscribers . Along with adding some various other channels through the DStv platform. Now MultiChoice will add Toonami (Channel 300), Keep Fit (Channel 133), Mzansi Live (Channel 113), M-Net Binge (Channel 114) through their DStv Now service. Toonami the superhero version of Cartoon Network supplied by WarnerMedia will be added on Compact while M-Net Binge supplied by M-Net will go to Compact Plus. There's no details on the rest but I'm presuming it's for Access customers along with WWE channel and Mzansi Magic. These channels will go live from Friday 25 March while Mzansi Live went live from Wednesday 23 March.

M-Net revives the shuttered brand M-Net Binge from Friday, 25 March on channel 114. Probably due to the Coronavirus and lack of entertainment across all platforms. M-Net Binge launched in May 2017 on channel 900 to DStv Premium customers and was scrapped a year later only to return to 2 years later this time it's available on Compact Plus. According to the TV Guide, M-Net Binge is home to best HBO series as well as doccies and movies. No end date has been provided for the channel as yet when there is one it will be added here. M-Net Binge will air repeats of series such as Game Of Thrones, Band Of Brothers and Six Feet Under. Making it the ideal channel for Compact Plus customers.

Mindset is an digital satellite television free-to air channel launched in 2003 to help educate and improve health in South Africa, uplift and empower communities with various Educational and Health initiatives and interventions is getting a second TV channel. Pop Primary, the channel is skewed towards Grade 1-7 and just like Mindset will carry educational content. No details about the channel have been unveiled on the package and launch but judging by the founder it could be on every single platform in South Africa and possibly the rest of Africa. The organisation that handles Mindset works with Government, International Donors and blue-chip corporates to deliver impactful, sustainable and practical change to the developmental challenges that communities face. It develops, sources, distributes and uses digital content. Its multimedia content is distributed via broadcast television, IP based satellite datacast, the web, distributable media (hard drives, DVDs and CDs) and mobi

Amid the uncertainty and concern around the threat of coronavirus, SuperSport is working closely with its broadcast partners to mitigate the absence of live sport. While almost all major sport has been affected, SuperSport will be broadcasting events which have been postponed - when they are rescheduled. SuperSport chief executive Gideon Khobane said: “All of our partners have reached out to explain their measures, which we appreciate. “Live sport is massively impacted; we are combatting this by acquiring the best award-winning sport documentaries from around the globe, among other top programming. We will use our various platforms to communicate this to viewers.” The impact of this has necessitated major changes to the schedules, which will see SuperSport convert its line-up to thematic channels for the foreseeable future. This is a time to relive the best of the best and SuperSport will duly open SS1 down to the Compact package. This channel will form the crux

Later today, MultiChoice silently opened up Da Vinci Kids, AfricaNews, CNN and Nickelodeon admist the coronavirus outbreak with ICASA wanting StarSat and MultiChoice to make channels free. AfricaNews and CNN are all accessible to Access customers until April 30 with Nickelodeon being April 14 and Da Vinci Kids being the end of May. So far only Nickelodeon and CNN have been accessible in South Africa while the two just popped up recently on DStv with the rest of Africa adding it back in 2019. Da Vinci Kids is an educational pay television channel for children aged 6–12 and families, and broadcasting in 19 language versions to more than 35 million homes worldwide. It broadcasts STEM and soft skills-based learning programs aimed at children and families during the daytime, and documentaries and educational series for grown-ups in the evenings. The channel can be found on StarSat in South Africa. AfricaNews is a multilingual news media service, headquartered in Pointe-Noire,