Remember the accusations that some Gupta TV (ANN7) staff were working with holiday visas? Remember Gupta TV denied the allegations? Well those staff have been kicked out of SA..
The Department of Home Affairs has confirmed it has launched an investigation into the visa irregularities at the Gupta-owned 24-hour news channel, Africa News Network 7 (ANN7), or if you prefer, Gupta-TV.
The Daily Maverick have come up with some ideas for future programming on Gupta founded ANN7. In this hilarious article they outline their exciting plans for the network ANN7 take note, there is some broadcasting gold here.
A little skim over the comments under the various Gupta TV fail videos, reveals a minority rooting for the presenters – saying it’s not their fault. Blaming rather the production team or the teleprompter operator. To those commentators, I have this to say to you.
First there was ‘Jersey Shore’, and then there was ‘Geordie Shore’. Sandwiched somewhere in between was our Clifton take, created by a local billionaire.
Former ANN7 consulting editor, Rajesh Sundaram, says he fears for his life after resigning from the Gupta- founded network in a media expose. When Sundaram quit the network, he says he was threatened by a bodyguard, offered a menial severance package and his hotel room was coincidentall burgled.
Good morning. The sun has risen once more, so obviously there’s yet another balls-up from our favourite news channel, ANN7. Check it out. After the Gupta TV production team slipped up yet again and failed to play the audio for a segment, the on-screen presenter had enough. Instead of hearing music overlay of the news segment we hear a clearly frustrated, “Hayibo, guys!”
Sheena DEEPnarain was a model and even a cheerleader, but now she works for Gupta-TV. She has penned an open letter, following the disastrous start ANN7 received last week. Here it is.
We trust you caught the last Gupta-TV sports report clip we posted (here), which was incredibly amazing. But I’m afraid it does not compare to this one. This is very special.
Africa News Network 7, or ANN7 for short, launched last night complete with Zulu dancers, a Zahara solo and complete confusion on Twitter. ANN7 is the brand new 24-hour news channel on DStv, funded by the Gupta family.
The Gupta-funded ANN7 news network launched last night, and we can confirm that the tremendous failure of a launch event that was largely defined by dead air has spilled over into their regular bulletins. In this wonderful clip, a ANN7 sports anchor refers to Australian cricket captain, Michael Clarke, as “Michelle”.
This runaway-train-on-fire is reaching such exquisite levels of ineptitude that we are now wholly convinced that the entire enterprise is a subversive satirical comedy channel to rival the best in the world. Take this ANN7 job ad, for example.
Of course Top Billing was at the Gupta wedding. The rundown of the wedding (which included people appearing out of giant lotus flowers, and the bridal couple pulled across a pool on a barge) airs tonight at 20h30 on SABC3.
The property was bought by the Guptas for R17 million in 2005. Now it’s been left to crumble, much to the anger of neighbours.
Hermione Cronje, who runs the Investigative Directorate (ID) in the NPA, says she finally has the tools she needs to start cleaning house.
News broke that the Guptas were selling their media empire to buddy Mzwanele ‘Jimmy’ Manyi, and of course there are many layers to unpack here.
When you’re in the midst of an interview on live telly you’re not going to welcome the public’s intrusion, especially when it ends with a slap.
You know you’ve cracked the big time when you make it onto CNN, although the Guptas may not be so stoked with what Mr. Quest had to say.
Lesotho is a country 100% surrounded by South Africa, relying almost solely on South Africa for most of it’s economic affairs. It makes sense then that they bestow the Guptas with diplomatic passports.
Remember Rajesh Sundaram, the former ANN7 senior editor who said he feared for his life after quitting the Gupta-founded news network? Well now he has plans to pen a tell-all book about the dreadful three months he spent working at ANN7. The book will be called ‘Indentured’.
Chantal Rutter Dros, famous for her work on eNews and Carte Blanche, will be the face of the primetime news on ANN7, the new 24-hour news channel on DStv. ANN7 is backed by the powerful and politically connected Gupta family, and has Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane, as an investor.
Do you know anybody famous or powerful? Senior staffers at Mail & Guardian tackled the embarrassing issue of Guptagate this week, and the surprising conclusions that emerged from the government briefing on the incident. The lesson? “Dropping names” will get you everywhere.
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R. Kelly holding women in ‘sex cult’. St Francis Bay fishermen update. Trump’s healthcare dead again. Cape detective sexting scandal. Gupta TV’s Zille apology. Luxury yacht burns. Platoon reunion.
Madonsela assassination plot. Gupta TV might be canned. London’s new muslim mayor. Apple teams up with SAP. Facebook sponsors Trump’s convention. Bezos sells $671m stock. Ozzy and Sharon are overs. Get Radiohead’s new album. Bieber’s new face tattoo.
Guess who plays the next Batman? Gupta TV clips go viral. UN sending official to Syria. Drug mules might be jailed 3 years before trial. Baby spontaneously combusts. Custom bicycle hits 128 km/h. Zuma to appeal spy tapes order.
In a tell-all book, former ANN7 editor rajesh Sundaram spills the beans on what life was like at the Gupta-owned network and how Zuma really ran the show.
If you think Francois Louw, the Springbok rugby player looks ANYTHING like the main picture here, you’d be wrong. Not only is his hair different, but every other aspect of his face. What the hell is going on?
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