After a spectator attacked an international referee on the field during a rugby match, this incident drew intense national and international attention. The Respondent’s sport commentators made some very critical remarks about the incident, linking it to “White Brandy and Coke” hooligans and the “old South Africa”.
BCCSA holding that the remarks were in particularly questionable taste but did not reach the level which, according to the Constitution of the RSA and the Broadcasting Code would amount to hate speech.