SABC3 signs to show the 6th Saftas - although it will no longer be a live broadcast which is what the channel originally wanted.

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The 2012 South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas) will definitely be shown on SABC3 as I scooped last month; I can reveal that the contract between the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and SABC3 was signed on Friday - although SABC3 will no longer be showing the ceremony taking place at Gallagher Estate live.

The NFVF which moved the 6th Saftas from 10 and 11 March to 9 and 10 March created a dilemma for SABC3 which was suddenly stuck between a rock and a hard place: rip up the schedule and move the broadcast to 10 March in order to keep it live, or keep it on 11 March but have it as a recording. SABC3's 6th Saftas broadcast will remain on the first date the NFVF gave SABC3 on 11 March, and therefore a recorded broadcast.

The 6th Saftas will be produced by Clive Morris Productions and Grooves Productions' Lehlohonolo Lehana.