A complaint was lodged with the BCCSA against MultiChoice Channel 157 for broadcasting an allegedly incorrect, unverified and misleading episode of Zimoja News on 8 September 2025. CLICK TO VIEW FULL ADJUDICATION
The Complainant held the view that the continued broadcast of the programme despite the huge public uproar throughout the years constituted incitement to cause harm. The Respondent presented hate speech arguments and did not focus on the impact of the continued broadcast. Despite having alluded to the corrective interventions the Respondent did not present the [...]
A complaint was lodged by Mr Sithole (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Pastor’) with the BCCSA against MultiChoice (hereinafter referred to ‘the Broadcaster’) Channel 157, regarding an episode of Fake Pastors which had been broadcast on 25 May 2025 at 20:00. The Pastor is of the view that he had not been given an opportunity [...]
A complaint was lodged with the BCCSA against an episode of Thokoza Gogo broadcast on Multichoice Channel 157 on the 22nd of June at 20:00. The episode in question featured gogo maweni and a client discussing and allegedly performing a ritual wherein a woman’s underwear, purportedly taken without consent, was placed on a pig as [...]
The applicants were given leave to appeal the Adjudicator's decision that the respondent did not contravene Clause 28.3.1 of the Code for Subscription licensees. It was accepted that the first episode of the program Medical Negligence: The New RAF lacked balance as it did not include opposing views. To address this, the respondent offered the [...]
The Complaint concerns the dignity and privacy of the Complainant. CLICK TO VIEW FULL ADJUDICATION
Appeal against a finding of the adjudicator that the complainant’s privacy and dignity had not been infringed during the broadcast of Rea Tsotella on 13 May 2024. The complainant was specifically concerned about being questioned about his powers and the innuendos of witchcraft levelled against him. Leave to appeal was only granted against the finding [...]
A complaint was lodged by Mr Musa MKhonza (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Pastor or Complainant’) with the BCCSA against MultiChoice Channel 157, Fake Pastors programme (hereinafter referred to ‘the Broadcaster’) with regard the programme that had been broadcast on the 25th of August 2024 at 19h30. The Complainant is of the view that even [...]
The Appellant is of the view that the broadcast of the impugned programme infringed her privacy and dignity, thus contravening the provisions of Clause 28.4 of the Code of Conduct. The scope of application of Clause 28.4 of the Code for Subscription Broadcasting Service Licensees is confirmed as being applicable to all broadcasts where complainants [...]
Complaint about an unexpected and intrusive promo that carried no warnings or advisories before the watershed that could be harmful to children and offensive to sensitive viewers. CLICK TO VIEW FULL ADJUDICATION