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 | | Formally, under the 1999 Act, the SABC has been transformed into a limited liability company with a share capital and subject to the Companies Act, although Section 7 recognises that the normal rules for companies will need to be modified to take into account the special nature of the SABC as a corporation. |
 | | The SABC currently offers three televisions channels, SABC 1, SABC 2 and SABC 3, providing over 80% geographical coverage of South Africa, although a far smaller proportion of the population actually have access to television, due to low rates of television set ownership and lack of electrification in some rural areas. |
 | | In 1998, the total daily SABC television audience was estimated at approximately 14 million viewers, out of a total population of over 40 million(109), with SABC 1 having the largest share, SABC 2 the next largest and SABC 3 the smallest. |
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