A complaint was received concerning a film broadcast during the early afternoon with a 
10PG. The Tribunal held that the classification “Parental Guidance” means that parents are advised to be present while their children under ten watch a film. Although there is no nudity in the scenes complained about, there are compromising scenes of sexual foreplay in the film. A PG 10 does not indicate the nature of problematic material. An age restriction of 13 plus an S (sex) classification would have been the correct classification. Parents and other caregivers would then have been in a position to prevent children under thirteen from viewing the broadcast. Where parents and caregivers are not present during the afternoon, they are expected to take steps to ensure that children under 13 do not watch the programme. If they do nothing about it, they must take responsibility for not having taken such steps.
The Complaint was upheld and SABC 3 reprimanded for not having broadcast an age restriction of 13 plus an S classification for the relevant edition of the soapie.