On 5 October 2008 Carte Blanche, in its usual investigative programme, had inserts wherein they disclosed many incidents of fraud, corruption, nepotism and other illegalities occurring in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. As a result Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality lodged 25 complaints against the broadcaster, which they later stated to be based on clauses 35 and 36 [...]
The Registrar of the BCCSA received a complaint from a Mr Kaler in regard to the M-Net programme, Carte Blanche, which was broadcast on the 25th January 2009. Mr Kaler's complaint against M-Net relates to an insert entitled "Gaza" The insert discussed the military operation known as "Operation Cast Lead" that was conducted by Israel [...]
A complaint was received regarding the airing of an interview with an author who holds contentious views on Jesus. The interview was broadcast on Carte Blanche on 17 September 2006. The complaint was that the broadcaster did not present opposing views or a debate on the author’s controversial views. The respondent replied that it did [...]
The complainant lodged a complaint with the Registrar that the respondent television broadcaster, in its magazine programme, Carte Blanche, had created the impression that it made it possible in its cell phone infrastructure service to young people to send pornographic pictures to each other. After the Registrar decided to entertain the complaint, the Chair referred [...]
The registrar received a complaint against M-Net, the subscription broadcaster, concerning its regular programme, Carte Blanche. The complainant argued that he had been prejudiced in a programme concerning so called “bad oil” at a fish outlet. He had, incorrectly, been referred to as the owner of the outlet concerned while he was acting on behalf [...]
A complaint was filed against M-Net, the South African subscription broadcaster, about a programme in which a stand-up comic, Bill Maher, made use of profanity in his satirical satirical socio-political commentary. The Tribunal held that: When the stand-up comic Bill Maher says that “God is a pr-ck” it would be wrong to judge it literally. [...]
Complaint of offensiveness lodged against Respondent about Carte Blanche programme in which the first woman editor of Afrikaans pornographic magazine, “Loslyf”, is being interviewed, with visuals of exotic dancing and breast nakedness. Also complaint that programme is not in the public interest, and that it is harmful to children because of the timeslot in which [...]
Carte Blanche program on illegal cottages on the Transkei Wild Coast. Complainant avers that opposing points of view were not fairly presented in the program. Complainant contending that program was one sided and biased in that his views were not aired, despite being interviewed by the producers. Tribunal finding that viewpoints of legal and illegal [...]
The Complainant alleged that the Carte Blanche program regarding crime and violence at the Transkei Wild Coast was sensational, distorted and untruthful, and that it harmed the tourist industry in the region, an industry of vital importance for the region. Interviews with the victims of crime, with the director of public prosecutions in the Eastern [...]
The Registrar received a complaint in regard to the weekday soap, Egoli which is broadcast at 18:00. During the second part of the EGOLI episode the character “Joe” made a remark in Afrikaans that insults the collective nature of gay men. The use of the term “moffie” (faggart) was unnecessary. It was used in a [...]