eNCA looking outside of organisation for Andrew Barnes' replacement

The unexpected departure of Andrew Barnes from eNCA has left a void at the channel's Cape Town bureau, particularly at the channel's only news bulletin broadcast from Cape Town, News Day (By the way, this is the only bulletin on any 24 hour news channel in the country anchored from outside of Johannesburg).

It now seems that the channel doesn't think that anyone in the organisation is capable of filling Barnes' shoes, and has issued the below vacancy (which is posted here, courtesy of TVSA):
 eNCA is looking to hire a senior news anchor to present news bulletins from the channel's Cape Town office. The position is a one year contract post.

Reporting to the eNCA news editor, your dutires would include:

 - Anchoring daily news bulletins Monday - Friday,

- Field anchoring where necessary,

- Researching interviews as part of the editorial team,

- Contribute to story ideas and help with conceptualising content for the show,

- Check and rewrite links for the show where necessary,

- Arrange and set up interviews when required,

- Conduct live and pre-recorded interviews during and outside of the show,

- Voice-overs for packages when required,

 - Engage on social media, to promote the brand and the programme.

Requirements

- At least 10 years’ experience in journalism, with at least five of those years anchoring on TV,

 - Journalism qualification,

- Good general knowledge, thorough understanding of South African politics,

- A team player and an ability to work with others,

- Work to strict deadlines and display initiative,

- Willingness to work flexible hours - shifts, weekends and longer hours if necessary.

If you have these criteria and qualifications, you can send your Application form and a detailed CV to jobs@enca.com

Only shortlisted applicants who meet the criteria will be contacted. If you haven't received a response within 14 days after the closing of the advert, you will know that your application hasn't been successful.

Closing date: Monday, 2 May 2016.

Very few people in the country actually meet the above requirements, so I will be interesting to see who they get. Of the people that meet this requirement, how many are actually willing to move to Cape Town?

The obvious and major requirement not listed above is that the anchor has to be male. All of eNCA's flagship programming is dual anchored by a male-female pairing and the current anchor of News Day, Michelle Craig, is female.