About Special Assignment

The Special Assignment email address is: truth@sabc.co.za. This in itself encapsulates what the team brings to news coverage in South Africa and beyond. Since mid-1998 Special Assignment has built up its reputation as the voice of truth in the murky mirages of society, locally and beyond. The voice you can trust.

Special Assignment's stories offer something different. They tell viewers something they didn't know, or make them think differently about something they already knew. We believe that social activism through television - and transparency by decision-makers - is crucial to our new democracy. Our fearless "where angels fear to tread" reputation means we regard nobody as untouchable. Special Assignment will name names, and finger culprits, where no other investigative documentary programme will. Coupled with the documentary-length inserts telling the story behind the story, is the focus on " breaking news." Reporters are at the forefront of news events as and when they happen - on the scene to bring viewers the latest on the news, and the news-makers behind it.

Special Assignment's reputation as the purveyor of truth in news journalism is not illusory. For this hard-nosed journalism we have won an impressive list of accolades, and notched up some of local and international journalism's most prestigious prizes.