ADJUDICATION NO:38/A/2024 – HERMANUS VS ALGOA FM – HATE SPEECH
Complaint about a jocular remark by a presenter of a breakfast show that allegedly promoted violence/unlawful conduct or advocated hatred. CLICK TO VIEW FULL ADJUDICATION
ADJUDICATION NO: 15/A/2023- DEYSEL VS ALGOA FM – INCITING VIOLENCE
Complaint about a jocular remark by a presenter of a breakfast show that allegedly promoted and glamorised violence, as well as advocated hatred. Clause: 3(b), 4.2 CLICK TO VIEW FULL ADJUDICATION
ADJUDICATION NO: 008/A/2022 – EDWARDS VS ALGOA FM -VIOLENCE
Complaint that a pre-recorded call-in programme on radio promoted physical discipline of children which constitutes illegal physical abuse without supplying a disclaimer. CLICK TO VIEW FULL ADJUDICATION
CASE NO: 48/2014 – BEYDON VS ALGOA FM – COMMENT
Misinformation as to the role of the judiciary in regard to sentencing, found to have amounted to a contravention of the Broadcasting Code. [2014] JOL 32975 (BCCSA) CLICK TO VIEW FULL JUDGMENT
CASE NO: 38/2013 – BAILEY VS ALGOA FM – BALANCE
A complaint concerned a presenter who had drawn the Complainant into a dispute concerning dolphins in captivity, without having warned her beforehand that this topic would be discussed. Bayworld, which is managed by the Complainant, had been re-opened, though it no longer included dolphins. The presenter, in a separate broadcast, apologised for so firmly putting [...]