The Complainant argued that a case was described as one of xenophobia, whilst it was not a foreigner who had been attacked but a South African. Furthermore, that the attackers were not South Africans. What was, accordingly, described as xenophobic by the broadcasters, was not true.
The Tribunal held that although the case made out by the Complainant was a reasonable one, the broadcaster could not, in the circumstances, in the absence of negligence, be regarded as having contravened the Broadcasting Code. Alternatively, this was not the kind of mistake that should be regarded as a contravention of the Broadcasting Code.
[2015] JOL 32974 (BCCSA)