ADJUDICATION NO: 04/A/2023 – LEANYA MPHATSWE VS M-NET CHANNEL 101 – LANGUAGE
The actor’s usage of the words “f**ken naïve” during the DSTV Channel 101 series The River. CLICK TO VIEW FULL ADJUDICATION
CASE NUMBER: 011/2021 – JANSEN VAN VUREN VS M-NET CARTE BLANCE – BALANCE AND DIGNITY
A complaint was received that the dignity and privacy of Ms Janse van Vuren was infringed after the Broadcaster broadcasted various consumer complaints against her conduct emanating from their respective wedding dresses sale agreements. The consumers complaints reflected their own personal comments and reflection of the status quo, thus comments as per clause 28.2 of [...]
CASE NUMBER: 15/2019 – CITY OF CAPE TOWN VS M-NET CARTE BLANCHE – BALANCE
After viewing the Respondent’s segment about the Sandvlei Community’s concern regarding the spillage of raw sewage into the Kuils River by the Zandvliet Water Treatment Works managed by the Complainant - including going through all the supplementary affidavits alleged to contain information which would bring balance to the broadcast had the Respondent utilised its content [...]
CASE NO: 11/2019 – REDISA VS M-NET (CARTE BLANCHE)
CHAIRPERSON’S RULING ON WHETHER COMPLAINANT MAY PROCEED WITH COMPLAINT CLICK TO VIEW FULL JUDGMENT
CASE NUMBER: 11/2018 – JACOBSZ VS M-NET – CARTE BLANCHE – BALANCE
The Tribunal considered a complaint that the broadcast on Carte Blanche of a controversial issue of public importance, namely captive bred lions, was one sided and amounted to a ”woeful condemnation of the CBL farming industry in SA”. According to written argument by the Complainant he expected of the Tribunal to understand that the animal [...]
CASE NUMBER: 10/2017 – REBOSIS PROPERTY FUND LTD, MR S NGEBULANA, BILLION GROUP (PTY) LTD VS M-NET – LACK OF BALANCE
A complaint was lodged against Carte Blanche concerning a broadcast during which it was implied that the complainant was complicit in a corrupt property devaluation scheme allegedly conducted in the Property Evaluation Department of the Johannesburg City Council. While the complainant’s response to the situation was read out by the presenter, the complainant was not [...]
CASE NUMBER 07/2017 – BUTLER VS M-NET – APPLICATION FOR CONDONATION
Application for condonation for late filing of a complaint. CLICK TO VIEW FULL JUDGMENT [2017] JOL 38270 (BCCSA)
CASE NUMBER 01/2017 – BUSCH VS CARTE BLANCHE – RIGHT TO REPLY
This is a complaint about a broadcast by Carte Blanche in which the Complainant, a public figure and television personality was portrayed not to be the person he claimed to be, namely a lover of big cats and conservationist, but in fact a person who ill-treated his animals. The Complainant alleged that the Broadcaster did [...]
CASE NUMBER: 02/2016 – ISIMANGALISO WETLAND PARK AUTHORITY VS ELECTRONIC MEDIA NETWORK (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED – CARTE BLANCHE – BALANCE
The paramount issue in this case is that of balanced reporting. On 23 August 2015, the Respondent, via its weekly programme “Carte Blanche”, which appears on the M-Net channel, broadcast a twelve-minute insert. The insert pertained to complaints about the way in which the Complainant, the iSimangaliso Wetland Authority, was managing the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, [...]
CASE NO: 34/2010 – IN RE 2010 COMPLAINT BY PROF LOTZ AGAINST M-NET
IN RE 2010 COMPLAINT BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AGAINST M-NET TO PROCURE REDRESS BY THE BCCSA IN FAVOUR OF PROF LOTZ. IN RE 2014 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ON THE SAME MATTER. REASONS FOR DECLINING COMPLAINTS SUBMITTED TO BCCSA BY PROF LOTZ PERSONALLY AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IN 2010. CLICK TO [...]