The Tribunal upheld the Appellants’ complaint and imposed a fine of R 10 000 against the Respondent. The Appellants appealed the First Tribunal’s sanction including the BCCSA’s rule that Appeal Administrative Fees should be paid. The Appellants hold the view that despite imposing a R10 000 fine against the Respondent, the First Tribunal should have also compelled the Respondent to issue an apology to the SABC Board, correction of all the untrue statements made during the interview and / or broadcast summary of the BCCSA’s findings.
The appeal was allowed – and the Appeal Tribunal upheld the R10 000.
Fine- but compelled the Respondent to broadcast the summary of the First Tribunal’s findings within a dedicated Full View programme.
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