The SABC 3 news report broadcast on 2 November 2017, on channel 404 and SABC3, about the Black Monday protest, visuals of the old South African flag, the AWB flag and German Swastika flag was allegedly not fair, accurate and truthful. The respondent argues that the news reporter gave context to the words used and why the flags were shown. After viewing a video clip of the news item, we found that there was no evidence that the respondent did not present the news report in a correct context and in a fair manner without intentional or negligent departure from facts whether by distortion, material omission or summarisation. We found no contravention of the Broadcasting Code of Conduct. The Complaint is accordingly not upheld.
