Press Freedom Afrikaans Broadcaster USAGM
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- Press Freedom Afrikaans Broadcaster USAGM
- November 8, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV Press Freedom: Afrikaans Broadcaster HEADLINE: How Oldest Afrikaans Broadcaster Uses Language for Unity TEASER: Celebrating 85 years on air, South Africa’s RSG has worked to be more inclusive and diverse PUBLISHED AT: 11/8/2022 at 12:45pm BYLINE: Marize de Klerk CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Johannesburg, South Africa VIDEOGRAPHER: Patrick O’Reilly VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: JJ, MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, RSG PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO X TRT: VID APPROVED BY: TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: For VOA Press Freedom. Review/questions Jessica Jerreat and Marize de Klerk)) ((INTRO)) [[In its 85-year history, South Africa’s public broadcaster RSG has adapted to empower a diverse audience with its Afrikaans-language broadcasts. For VOA, Marize de Klerk attended some of the station’s anniversary festivities in Johannesburg.]] ((Nat, talking fade)) Amoré (Presenter lady): (Translation: O how beautiful is this!) ((NARRATOR)) “Afrikaners are jolly” - proclaims a popular Afrikaans folk song… ((Louise Jooste, RSG Business Manager)) (English & Afrikaans)) “We cater for anybody who speaks or understands, Afrikaans… En dit is hoekom ons julle genooi het - want ons weet julle verstaan Afrikaans! (Translation: And that is why we invited you – because we know you understand Afrikaans!) ((NARRATOR)) For generations of listeners, the Afrikaans public radio station RSG is both ... ((Mandatory courtesy: RSG)) … friend and family. Today it reaches more than 1.3 million people with its shows. ((end courtesy)) The station’s award-winning drama director, Renske Jacobs is proud of the station’s boundary-pushing efforts. Her father was a former station head. For her, like for many in the audience, the station is part of a shared heritage. ((Renske Jacobs, RSG Drama Director)) ((Female/English)) “You get that feeling that you are broadcasting for your uncle, your aunt, your mom, your dad, your grandpa, your grandma… And if you don’t do it the correct way, ((Mandatory: Facebook/Renske Jacobs)) they will also reprimand you in that way when they send you SMSses, so that you feel like – oh – you just disappointed one of your family members now.” ((NARATOR)) The public broadcaster works under a strict license and legal mandate. After the end of Apartheid in 1994, it became more inclusive, reflecting its diverse audience in South Africa and beyond. It changed its name to Radio Sonder Grense, ((Mandatory credit: RSG)) or Radio Without Borders and has survived, in part, by listening to its loyal audience. ((For radio, Terrance April used to work for RSG as a program manager)) ((Terrance April, Former RSG Program Manager)) ((Male/English)) Afrikaans as a language to keep people together is a very important thing. And it’s also good because the people across the racial lines… and the different lifestyle lines – the language is binding them.” ((NARATOR)) And the broadcaster is constantly presenting new things—acting like a university for some, says program manager, Kobus Burger. ((Kobus Burger, RSG Program Manager)) ((Male/English)) “We use audio to give people all these experiences that they might not always have. In Africa the oral tradition is so important to have, to sit around the fire, and that’s radio.” [[FOR RADIO: (Franz Krüger, Wits Centre for Journalism)) ((Franz Krüger, Wits Centre for Journalism)) ((Male/English)) “The Afrikaans radio station was very firmly, you know, in the government camp over the years, until the change in 1994. ((Mandatory courtesy: RSG)) The lesson to be drawn from that is simply how powerful culture and identity is. What we’re seeing now is an attempt to kind of reclaim that identity outside of its Apartheid association.” ((end courtesy)) ((NARRATOR)) As RSG marks its milestone year, its listeners keep tuning in, knowing they will be heard. ((Marize de Klerk for VOA News in Johannesburg South Africa.))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV Press Freedom: Afrikaans Broadcaster HEADLINE: How Oldest Afrikaans Broadcaster Uses Language for Unity TEASER: Celebrating 85 years on air, South Africa’s RSG has worked to be more inclusive and diverse PUBLISHED AT: 11/8/2022 at 12:45pm BYLINE: Marize de Klerk CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Johannesburg, South Africa VIDEOGRAPHER: Patrick O’Reilly VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: JJ, MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, RSG PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO X TRT: VID APPROVED BY: TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: For VOA Press Freedom. Review/questions Jessica Jerreat and Marize de Klerk)) ((INTRO)) [[In its 85-year history, South Africa’s public broadcaster RSG has adapted to empower a diverse audience with its Afrikaans-language broadcasts. For VOA, Marize de Klerk attended some of the station’s anniversary festivities in Johannesburg.]] ((Nat, talking fade)) Amoré (Presenter lady): (Translation: O how beautiful is this!) ((NARRATOR)) “Afrikaners are jolly” - proclaims a popular Afrikaans folk song… ((Louise Jooste, RSG Business Manager)) (English & Afrikaans)) “We cater for anybody who speaks or understands, Afrikaans… En dit is hoekom ons julle genooi het - want ons weet julle verstaan Afrikaans! (Translation: And that is why we invited you – because we know you understand Afrikaans!) ((NARRATOR)) For generations of listeners, the Afrikaans public radio station RSG is both ... ((Mandatory courtesy: RSG)) … friend and family. Today it reaches more than 1.3 million people with its shows. ((end courtesy)) The station’s award-winning drama director, Renske Jacobs is proud of the station’s boundary-pushing efforts. Her father was a former station head. For her, like for many in the audience, the station is part of a shared heritage. ((Renske Jacobs, RSG Drama Director)) ((Female/English)) “You get that feeling that you are broadcasting for your uncle, your aunt, your mom, your dad, your grandpa, your grandma… And if you don’t do it the correct way, ((Mandatory: Facebook/Renske Jacobs)) they will also reprimand you in that way when they send you SMSses, so that you feel like – oh – you just disappointed one of your family members now.” ((NARATOR)) The public broadcaster works under a strict license and legal mandate. After the end of Apartheid in 1994, it became more inclusive, reflecting its diverse audience in South Africa and beyond. It changed its name to Radio Sonder Grense, ((Mandatory credit: RSG)) or Radio Without Borders and has survived, in part, by listening to its loyal audience. ((For radio, Terrance April used to work for RSG as a program manager)) ((Terrance April, Former RSG Program Manager)) ((Male/English)) Afrikaans as a language to keep people together is a very important thing. And it’s also good because the people across the racial lines… and the different lifestyle lines – the language is binding them.” ((NARATOR)) And the broadcaster is constantly presenting new things—acting like a university for some, says program manager, Kobus Burger. ((Kobus Burger, RSG Program Manager)) ((Male/English)) “We use audio to give people all these experiences that they might not always have. In Africa the oral tradition is so important to have, to sit around the fire, and that’s radio.” [[FOR RADIO: (Franz Krüger, Wits Centre for Journalism)) ((Franz Krüger, Wits Centre for Journalism)) ((Male/English)) “The Afrikaans radio station was very firmly, you know, in the government camp over the years, until the change in 1994. ((Mandatory courtesy: RSG)) The lesson to be drawn from that is simply how powerful culture and identity is. What we’re seeing now is an attempt to kind of reclaim that identity outside of its Apartheid association.” ((end courtesy)) ((NARRATOR)) As RSG marks its milestone year, its listeners keep tuning in, knowing they will be heard. ((Marize de Klerk for VOA News in Johannesburg South Africa.))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date November 8, 2022 13:10 EST
- Byline Marize de Klerk
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America