Union vows to save jobs after Afro WorldView closure
The station went off air at 11:59 on Monday night.
Workers were informed on Monday not to return to the studios.
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has vowed to save jobs and mitigate losses.
According to the CWU, the decisions lie with the stakeholders as to how to absorb the workforce when the new broadcaster is set to hit the airwaves.
MultiChoice has commissioned a new black-owned channel, which is set to be revealed on 28 August.
"Whoever that comes in must take the full responsibility of absorbing the workforce that is there. We will then set up a team that will look into the skills and how the transaction will work," says CWU's general secretary Aubrey Tshabalala.
Owner of the defunct channel, Mzwanele Manyi, also halted the printing of the news paper Afro Voice - formerly known as the New Age, earlier this year.
Manyi bought the companies from the controversial Gupta family in 2017.
Tshabalala explains that the employees are protected under the Labour Relations Act and therefore cannot be axed.
"If there is a transaction of business - the law says the workers must not be negatively impacted. This is not a general business starting, someone is taking over a particular service that is already there where people are employed. It is not dictating."