ANN7 (DStv 405) is currently broadcasting the funeral of Top Billing presenter, Simba Mhere, live and in its entirety.
Weekend breakfast anchor, Chanté Jantjies, anchored the coverage from their studio.
The funeral is being broadcast from the Rhema Bible Church in Randburg and features speeches from family and friends, including the likes of his colleagues at Top Billing.
The channel did not send out a programming advisory telling viewers ahead of time that they will be broadcasting the event.
The SABC News Channel is sticking to its standard schedule, choosing to atream the even on Youtube instead (where even.fewer people will get to see it).
During the broadcast of the funeral, the channel also.put up a brealkng news strap alerting viewers to the passing of South African novelist Andre Brink, the first channel to break that news as eNCA was in taped content and SABC News covering other news.
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