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This chapter explores the actions of South Africa’s key community TV (CTV) sector stakeholders—the state, the regulator, the CTV stations, commercial entities, state-run entities, and the sector’s funding body—over the past three decades (since 1994), and the impact of these actions on CTV stations’ sustainability and pursuit of public-interest media objectives. The picture that emerges is one in which CTV stations have faced a consistently unpredictable policy, regulatory and operational environment. The result, the chapter argues, is that while the stations currently on-air are achieving elements of sustainability and making some valuable public-interest contributions to South Africa’s media ecosystem, these achievements and contributions are to a substantial extent in spite of—rather than fostered by—the actions of the stakeholders with mandates to support the sector.

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South African Community TV: Perseverance in the Face of Uncertain Policy, Regulatory and Operational Conditions

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    2026年

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  • Chris Armstrong

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This chapter explores the actions of South Africa’s key community TV (CTV) sector stakeholders—the state, the regulator, the CTV stations, commercial entities, state-run entities, and the sector’s funding body—over the past three decades (since 1994), and the impact of these actions on CTV stations’ sustainability and pursuit of public-interest media objectives. The picture that emerges is one in which CTV stations have faced a consistently unpredictable policy, regulatory and operational environment. The result, the chapter argues, is that while the stations currently on-air are achieving elements of sustainability and making some valuable public-interest contributions to South Africa’s media ecosystem, these achievements and contributions are to a substantial extent in spite of—rather than fostered by—the actions of the stakeholders with mandates to support the sector.