CASE NO: 11/2014 – MASWANGANYI VS 702 – APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL
Appeal – not containing “full grounds” of appeal as required by the Rules – not a valid application – matter struck from the Roll. CLICK TO VIEW FULL JUDGMENT
CASE NO: 10/2014 – MODISE VS THE REGISTRAR – CONDONATION
Application for condonation for late filing of a complaint – condonation of late filing not in the interests of justice. Application turned down. CLICK TO VIEW FULL JUDGMENT
CASE NO: 09/2014 – SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL HALAAL AUTHORITY VS MULTICHOICE CHANNEL CII – COMMENT
A complaint was lodged with the Registrar. After protracted settlement proceedings the Chairperson called a meeting of the parties so that the BCCSA could establish whether the settlement addressed the matter satisfactorily. Held: in the light of the circumstances sketched by representatives of the parties, the BCCSA accepted the withdrawal of the Complaint, which [...]
CASE NO: 08/2014 – LE ROUX VS MULTICHOICE CHANNEL 144 – EPG INCORRECT
A film with an age restriction of 16 was broadcast at 06:00. Although the age restriction was displayed on the screen, the broadcaster had, as a result of human error, not activated the electronic parental guide. Accordingly, the parental block-out mechanism had no effect on excluding the broadcast. Complaint upheld. R20 000 fine imposed. [2014] JOL [...]
CASE NO: 07/2014 – DE WET VS SABC3 – AGE RESTRICTION
An age advisory was not added to a music video broadcast at 09:55 on a Saturday in January 2014. The SABC conceded that an age advisory of PG 10 should have been provided at the commencement of the programme for ninety seconds as prescribed. The SABC, however, argued extenuating circumstances relating to the absence of [...]
CASE NO: 06/2014 – SHABANGU VS SABC (IKWEKWEZI FM) – HATE SPEECH
The BCCSA received a complained of hate speech against a presenter on Ikwekwezi Fm who used the words "umfazinyana wekhuma" which literally translates into “ a young white lady” to refer to a young white lady during his show. The station argued that the mere usage of the words "umfazinyana wekhuma" did not in any [...]
CASE NO: 05/2014 – MASWANGANYI VS 702 – NEWS
Radio 702 broadcast two aspects relating to the opening of a Saldanha Bay project on 31 October 2013 at 15:00: the relevant aspects were, firstly, that the Premier of the Western Cape, Ms Helen Zille, was booed when she was attempting to deliver a speech and, secondly, that the President, during his speech, admonished the [...]
CASE NO: 04/2014 – VAN DER MERWE VS RADIO ROSESTAD – RELIGION
A member of a panel answering questions relating to religious beliefs, adamantly expressed the view that Allah is equivalent to a heathen god described in the old Testament. Held that it was not permissible to broadcast such a view on air without, at the very least, the presenter stating that the opinion of a Muslim [...]
CASE NO: 03/2014 – THE WORLDWIDE FOUNDATION CC, T/A RHINO FORCE VS SABC2 – COMMENT
A complaint was received from Worldwide Foundation CC, T/A Rhino Force, in regard to a programme aired on the show “50/50” broadcast by SABC2. The subject of the interview was the sale of bracelets by the Complainant, which undertook to clients that it would donate the profit from each sale to saving rhinos, which are [...]
CASE NO: 18/2015 – VAN DER WESTHUIZEN VS SABC2 – WATERSHED
The Broadcaster reinforced the classification given to the movie “Dead Fall” by the Film and Publications Board due to a particularly violent scene it had noticed. This classification re-rating (from 16 LSV to 18 LNSV) was done to protect children whom the broadcaster acknowledged are part of its audience. Despite this, the scheduling department programmed [...]