CASE NUMBER: 28/2003 – CHILD ABUSE ACTION GROUP, C FOX, R FRANCIS & OTHERS VS M-NET – WATERSHED

Complaints were received when Respondent broadcast an explicit sex film directly after the commencement of the subscription watershed at 20:00. As to Showgirls it was held that the sex simulation and rape scenes were too explicit for the first phase of the watershed. As to Romance X, the film was broadcast at 05:00 when the  watershed had already expired. The film falls into a genre that may only be shown after 23:00. Contravention of Code. As to Zebra Lounge it was held that since this film was classified 16, it was in order to have broadcast it at 20:00.