The Citizen reports that with the Afro Worldview news channel’s contract with MultiChoice coming to an end on Monday, its owner, Mzwanele (Jimmy) Manyi, took to Twitter, asking South Africans to pray for his employees whose future was uncertain.  

Should satellite broadcaster MultiChoice not renew the contract, it remained unclear whether Afro Worldview, formerly known as ANN7, would continue to exist, and Manyi was clearly hoping for divine intervention.  His tweet read:  “Dear South Africans, Please put this innocent team of Bread Winners in your prayers.  They NEED their jobs.”  The tweet caused a stir as Twitter users shared their opinions, with some showing little sympathy for the former Gupta channel, while others offered words of hope.  MultiChoice has been tightlipped on who the bidders were for the slot which would be open if Afro Worldview went off air.

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