ANN7, eNCA Carry Nkandla Debate Live

Both eNCA (DStv 403) and ANN7 (DStv 405) carried the Nkandla debate from parliament live today, November 13th, as part of regularly scheduled programming, with both channels ocassionally breaking out of live coverage to do the other headlines as well (There are, after all, other things also happening in the world today).

The state broadcaster, SABC News, did not carry the debate live, opting to go with regularly scheduled progrmming as if nothing is happening in parliament, though they would air highlights of the event during news bulletins.

Whether their choice to not provide rolling coverage is a strategic choice so that anyone wanting local news is not forced to watch the debate on all channels or whether there is any other political reason for not providing rolling coverage is unknown.