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16/06/2026

Happy Youth Day! 🇿🇦

Today we celebrate the courage, resilience, and potential of young people who continue to shape our future. May we honour the legacy of those who came before us by empowering the youth of today.

09/06/2026

SOS is proud to announce its inaugural Summit on the Future of Public Interest Television Broadcasting in South Africa.

The summit will bring together key stakeholders to reflect on the challenges facing the sector, explore practical solutions for access to public interest content, and shape a shared vision for a public interest television environment that is sustainable, accessible and responsive to today’s technological realities.

More information coming soon. Stay tuned

08/06/2026

A premature Analogue Switch-Off without ensuring access for poor households will leave MILLIONS behind.

05/06/2026

To qualify for the government STB subsidy, households are required to earn R3500 or less per month. However, this benchmark needs to be re-evaluated, as it no longer reflects the current economic realities and cost of living faced by many South Africans.

03/06/2026

02/06/2026

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29/05/2026

In a recently published op-ed by Daily Maverick, our National Coordinator, Uyanda Siyotula and Communications officer, Carol Seatlanyane unpack the importance of sustainable funding for the SABC to advance its democratic principles and embody media freedom.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/4uOlO3R

20/05/2026

As South Africa gears up for the upcoming local government elections, SOS made a submission on the Draft Amendment to the Municipal Party Election Broadcasts (PEBs) and Political Advertisements (PAs) Regulations, 2011. In our submission, we reaffirmed the vital role that public service broadcasting plays in election coverage, ultimately safeguarding and strengthening democracy.

Fair and accessible election coverage at local, provincial and national level is essential in ensuring that citizens are informed and able to meaningfully exercise their democratic rights. The public broadcasters, our SABC, remains a key platform for providing equitable access to information and enabling voters to engage with issues that directly affect their communities.

Our submission further highlighted the importance of ensuring that election regulations promote transparency, fairness, and equitable access for all political parties and independent candidates, while protecting the integrity and independence of public interest media during election periods.

Read more on our submission here: https://bit.ly/3ReqfWM

14/05/2026

SOS Coalition and Moxii Africa are participating at the WAIGF currently taking place in Sierra Leone. Today at 10 am (WAT), we will be leading a consultative session on the development of ACHPR guidelines on platform accountability and access to public service content. The session will gather insights from participants in West Africa, particularly the youth regarding what should be included in the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) guidelines for Resolutions 630 and 631.

13/05/2026

SOS Coalition and Moxii Africa with the support of UNESCO and the European Union are hosting a consultative session on the development of ACHPR guidelines on platform accountability and access to public service content. The session was initially planned as the WPFD event and it serves as an advanced consultation in the development of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) guidelines for Resolutions 630 and 631.