Auckland Park, noun phrase

Origin:
So called after the Johannesburg suburb in which the organization’s headquarters are situated.
colloquial
SABC.
1989 Weekly Mail 20 Oct. 35The SABC has never fallen into the trap of being nice to ‘terrorists’ and if it weren’t for those blundering foreign television crews telling the people to throw stones at police vans, South Africa would probably ascend straight up to heaven. Well, at least Auckland Park would.
1990 Weekend Argus 17 Feb. 3Although senior executives firmly maintain that there has been no ‘hot-line’ communication between Tuynhuys and Auckland Park since Mr. P.W. Botha left office, the SABC remains the government’s strongest propaganda arm.
1990 D. Gordon in Sunday Times 18 Nov. 19This year, Auckland Park has suffered many Afrikaans TV flops with dubbed French and German soaps proving to be a big yawn.
1991 D. Capel in Personality 2 Sept. 18Is Auntie Auckland Park trying to indoctrinate its viewers into accepting a ‘new world order’ — complete with kommuniste..- by using the highly unethical method of subliminal messages on its news logo?
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