From 4pm, ANN7 and eNCA were moving fullsteam ahead with covering the SONA debate.
On eNCA Iman Rappetti and Ben Said co anchored coverage from their makeshift parliamentary studio with Paula Chowles on the ground. Their coverage remains mainly in their makeshift studio talking to their analyst, Abdul Waheed. This is the first time eNCA did the full 4pm hour from Cape Town as previously they would do the hour from both Johannesburg with the normal anchor and Cape Town, once again sidelining Duduzile Ramile, who does Afternoon News. (The more I see Ben Said anchoring this evening the more I wish we saw him more often)
On ANN7 Karabo Yibe anchored from the studio with their political editor Ralph Mathekga, analyst Frank Meintjies and
another professor. Avumile Qunu was at the red carpet getting details on what people were wearing with Kevin Brandt in a building nearby looking down on parliament, though the cross overs between the studio and parliament did not go very smoothly (Avumile is a hard news journalist, but interestingly this is not the first time she does red carpet duty). Initially I was skeptical about them doing things based from their Midrand studio but things aren't that bad as they are staying mainly with live visuals with the studio guests acting mainly as voice overs.
As the time passes, the crossings to Cape Town become more and more silly due to the in studio guests interrupted mid sentence by Avumile talkong to someone. This also leads to sound issues. What makes things more annoying is that these interruptions stop people talking about actual news issues to talk to guests about clothing.
At 4pm, The SABC News Channel was still doing their standard schedule with PM News covering the SONA amongbmanyvother stories. Though it may seem odd, it could be quite competitive in attracting viewers not that interested in 24/7 coverage of the address.
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