Tshwane TV is committed to promoting human rights, social justice and community cultural development. To this end, all programming related matters must further these objectives. The following broad policy areas with subsections constitute the programming policy and will govern all programming decisions.
Recognising that the majority of South Africans were deprived of media ownership, control and production, Tshwane TV is committed to:
Giving special priority to working class communities;
Ensuring no group or section is deliberately excluded;
Promoting alternatives to commercially-driven cultural values.
The Tshwane TV programming policy is informed by the principles of community access and participation, whereby community TV serves as an access point for diverse members of the community as a means to share political, cultural, artistic, spiritual, and individual expression.
In order to achieve this Tshwane TV will ensure that citizens have direct access to training and production facilities and are empowered to tell their own stories. The developmental objective is to build ongoing and sustainable capacity within communities to utilise the audio visual media for social objectives.
Tshwane TV, Pretoria, South Africa
Tshwane’s long-awaited independent community television station, Tshwane TV, is expected to start with test broadcasts before the end of June.
The station was established under the Community Broadcasting Services Act of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) as a non-profit community-based TV station and will broadcast from the Tshwane Events Centre in Pretoria West.
Tshwane TV is committed to promoting human rights, social justice and community cultural development. To this end, all programming related matters must further these objectives. The following broad policy areas with subsections constitute the programming policy and will govern all programming decisions.
Recognising that the majority of South Africans were deprived of media ownership, control and production, Tshwane TV is committed to:
The Tshwane TV programming policy is informed by the principles of community access and participation, whereby community TV serves as an access point for diverse members of the community as a means to share political, cultural, artistic, spiritual, and individual expression.
In order to achieve this Tshwane TV will ensure that citizens have direct access to training and production facilities and are empowered to tell their own stories. The developmental objective is to build ongoing and sustainable capacity within communities to utilise the audio visual media for social objectives.