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South African Broadcasting Corporation

state-owned public broadcaster in South Africa
Organization business Q1419926
South African Broadcasting Corporation
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Summary

South African Broadcasting Corporation is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,643 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: South Africa[3]
  • Instance of: state-owned enterprise[4], production company[5]
  • Headquarters location: Johannesburg[6]
  • Commons category: South African Broadcasting Corporation[7]
  • Inception: 1975[8]
  • Official website: https://www.sabc.co.za[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:South African Broadcasting Corporation[10]
  • Legal form: public company[11]
  • Short name: SABC[12]
  • Owner of: SABC News[13]
  • P14750: 1AD3-7B7E-56EF-32D5-387C[14]

Why It Matters

South African Broadcasting Corporation has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

business South Africa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . acmi.net.au. acmi.net.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). South African Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/south-african-broadcasting-corporation
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  1. 8d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 30
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||pcm, ca */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  2. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Country → South Africa
    Country → —
    P14750 → 1AD3-7B7E-56EF-32D5-387C
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 1AD3-7B7E-56EF-32D5-387C, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
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