The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has secured rights to broadcast the Africa Cup of Nations 2023 in Ivory Coast and the rest of CAF events for the 2024 season. In s statement seen by Pindula News, the broadcaster said the event will be available on the SABC channels across all broadcasting platforms in South Africa. Read the statement:
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<h3>SABC SPORT SECURES RIGHTS TO BROADCAST THE AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2023 IN IVORY COAST AND THE REST OF CAF EVENTS</h3>
Johannesburg – Friday, 5 January 2024 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Africa Cup of Nations 2023 broadcasting rights and the rest of CAF events for the 2024 season. Total Energies AFCON 2023 is a highly anticipated sports spectacle that will take place in Ivory Coast from 13 January 2024 until 11 February 2024 and will be only available on the SABC channels across all broadcasting platforms in South Africa. With the local PSL season taking a break for the next six (6) weeks, SABC Sport will be offering its audiences and commercial partners the live experience of all 52 matches of AFCON 2023, in which the South African national team, our own Bafana Bafana will also be participating.
In addition, SABC Sport has also acquired the live matches to the rest of the CAF events, which includes all 150 matches of the AFCON 2025 qualifiers, all the 32 matches of CAF CHAN 2024, all matches of CAF Champions League 2023/24, all matches of CAF Confederations Cup 2023/24, all the matches of CAF Africa Women Cup of Nations 2024, all matches of CAF Women’s Champions League 2024 and all the matches of CAF Super Cup 2024. These acquisitions put football lovers and commercial partners in the prime position to experience the world’s biggest football events exclusively on SABC channels, making this great content available to all South Africans for free and with no uncompetitive platform blockages.
For the Total Energies AFCON 2023, SABC Sport has put together a strong content schedule that will ensure that everyone has a front-row SABC action from the Ivory Coast Total Energies AFCON 2023. Over and above all the 52 matches being live only on the SABC TV channels, radio stations, and digital platforms, viewers will be treated to a daily Total Energies AFCON 2023 Preview and Total Energies AFCON 2023 Review shows that will showcase all the upcoming matches of the day, review all the latest updates, goals, and news from each day’s full matches. Each match will be delivered with a studio build-up and wrap comprising of the expert analysis from the leading on-air talent of SABC Sport.
In its promise of making all world-class events available to all South Africans with no barrier or cost to entry, the SABC will broadcast all the AFCON 2023 matches live on SABC 1, SABC 3, SABC Sport Channel and SABC radio stations, Radio 2000, RSG, Umhlobo Wenene FM, Ukhozi FM, Lesedi FM, Motsweding FM, Thobela FM, Phalaphala FM, Munghana Lonene FM, Ikwekwezi FM, Ligwalagwala FM and TRUFM in the language of choice to audiences. In addition, SABC Plus and sabcsport.com will offer free live streaming of all the 52 games, while also offering a free catch-up service for those that may have missed the live action. SABC Sport social pages on Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter) will offer audiences live commentary of every single unmissable moment from every single one of the 52 live matches of AFCON 2023.
The SABC’s Chief Operations Officer, Ian Plaatjes stated: “The SABC team is happy to have made all these great sports activities available to the South African public and would like to express its gratitude to the rights holders, New World Media, and all the relevant stakeholders who worked tirelessly to ensure the fruition of this process.”
The leadership of Dr Patrice Motsepe, the CAF President, has ushered a turn-around in the organization making the Africa Cup of Nations one of the most sought-after properties globally. SABC Sport joins several international broadcasters who will show the games. The SABC would also like to wish Bafana Bafana all the best for the competition in Ivory Coast.
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Football lovers had lost hope of watching the event after DStv’s SuperSport announced that its channels won’t broadcast AFCON this time around.
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SABC Has Secured Rights To Broadcast AFCON Matches

SuperSport will broadcast live on DStv all the 52 matches of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations slated to start on January 9 and continue to February 6 in Cameroon.
Africa’s top players including Mohammed Salah (Egypt), Sadio Mane (Senegal), Naby Keita (Guinea), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria), Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria), Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast) and Trézéguet (Egypt) are expected to be at the tournament. 
To be played among six groups of four teams each, Afcon will host powerhouses like Algeria, the defending champions, Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana and Tunisia.
CAF General Secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba said: 
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SuperSport is an important platform in Sub-Sahara and we are excited to team up with them for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations. It is important for CAF to ensure that the AFCON, being the single-biggest sporting event on African soil, and prime content, is accessible all over the world. This event is consumed not only by Africans but enjoys a global audience.
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In South Africa, the PSL channel will carry 43 matches with the remaining nine available on SS Variety 3.
On the rest of the continent, SS Variety 1 will feature 43 matches with the other nine on SS Football.
GOtv will broadcast 43 fixtures (Select 2) with nine more on Go Football.
There will also be live coverage of all the big games on the web, app and social.
Additionally, for the first time ever, African streaming service Showmax is bringing all 52 Africa Cup of Nations games live to its viewers. 
More: <a href="https://supersport.com/football/africa-cup-of-nations/news/211215_2021_Africa_Cup_of_Nations_all_live_on_SuperSport">Supersport</a>

SuperSport To Broadcast Live All 52 AFCON Matches On DStv

Warriors team manager Wellington Mpandare says the process to persuade Khama Billiat to bounce back into the national team fold for next month’s AFCON finals is a work in progress.
Billiat retired from international football last month but there are plans to try and make him change his mind and take part in the continental spectacle in Cameroon.
Mpandare said the process will commence soon. The former Gunners official told Soccer24:
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It’s work in progress, we will pay him a visit soon.
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Some fans disagree with the ‘expensive’ idea of ZIFA sending a delegation to South Africa just to have a conversation with the Kaizer Chiefs star, suggesting that it is better to conduct a virtual meeting between the two parties.
Mpandare said they are still weighing their options. He said:
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Visiting him is one of the many options around and virtual is another available we will make a decision on that. We will take the best option available.
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Zimbabwe is likely t be without a number of key players including England-based trio – Teandayi Darikwa, Jordan Zemura, Brendan Galloway, and France-based Marshal Munetsi.
Darikwa pulled out citing personal issues while Munetsi, Zemura, and Galloway are with injured. Zemura who plies his trade for Bournemouth is, however, reportedly recovering well and could be fit for the January tournament.
<h2>More: <a href="https://www.soccer24.co.zw/2021/12/10/mpandare-gives-update-on-billiat-warriors-return-talks/">Soccer24 Zimbabwe</a></h2>

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