Politics will test South African media's allegiances

The business strategies of pro-government media firms make them vulnerable to ANC factionalism.

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  • SABC
  • Governance challenges
  • Political control
  • Print media
  • Government largesse
  • Party factions
  • Business model
  • Declining readership
  • Wrong constituency

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