ADJUDICATION NO: 39/A/2010 – FERRAZ VS SABC2 – DEROGATORY TERM
The use of the word “Porra” to describe the Portuguese community is derogatory and degrading. CLICK TO VIEW FULL ADJUDICATION
CASE NUMBER: 02/2008 – NATAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS (PTY) LTD AND NATAL LION PARK VS SABC2 – BALANCE
The Registrar of the Commission received a complaint from the owner of a zoo in Kwa-Zulu Natal. In the main, its complaint was that the SABC, in its nature programme on SABC 2, 50/50, gave a wrong impression of the state of the animals in the zoo, photographed cages in such a manner that they [...]
CASE NUMBER: 16/2008 – SINGH VS SABC2 – RELIGION
Two complaints about use of alleged offensive and discriminatory vocabulary; distortion of truth and of Hindu/Buddhist culture; and incorrect, defamatory, frivolous, contemptuous, insensitive and disrespectful statements, such as worshipping of cows and singing of lullabies to deities by non-Hindu presenters. The Tribunal held that broadcasters have no inherent limitation on the subjects that may be [...]
CASE NUMBER: 15/2007 – MANNE VS SABC2 – DIGNITY
Complaint about a SABC2 sport commentator using a derogatory term when mentioning that runners were going through Riverlea, which he referred to as a township where “AmaBoesman” live. The SABC conceded that the use of the word “AmaBoesman” was unacceptable and informed the Tribunal that a letter of apology will be written to the complainant. [...]
CASE NUMBER: 07/2007 – MSIBI VS SABC2 ZULU NEWS – DIGNITY
A complaint was received concerning the use of a derogatory term for Gays by a news reader of the Zulu news on the 18th February 2007. The Registrar decided to entertain the complaint on the basis that it amounted to a prima facie contravention of the Broadcasting Code, in so far as the derogatory term [...]
CASE NUMBER: 10/2007 – MONTGOMERY VS SABC2 AFRIKAANS NEWS – UNFAIR AND BIASED REPORTING
A complaint was lodged of unfair and biased reporting, based on the discrepancy of content of two news bulletins, one in Afrikaans and one in Pedi (North Sotho). It was averred by Complainant, and admitted by Respondent that the Afrikaans and Pedi news item that covered the same event (the ruling by the Supreme Court [...]
CASE NUMBER: 08/2006 – LOWIES, LENZ, CILLIé, CRONJE, WASSERMANS, GOSS VS SABC2 – RACISM
The Registrar of the Broadcasting Complaints Tribunal of SA (BCCSA) received complaints regarding what was perceived by the complainants as unfair biased contents of an SABC documentary titled “Three Decades of SA Television”. In the main, these complaints focused on the political contents of a programme: particularly the strong emphasis on the apartheid theme, the [...]
CASE NUMBER: 11/2006 – VAN DEN BERG VS SABC2 – CHILDREN
Complaint about scenes in an episode of the series “Navy NCIS”. In order to extract an admission from a detainee, a corpse is dissected in graphic detail and organs are pulled out of the dissected corpse in his presence with apparent sadistic gusto. The broadcast was during family viewing time, starting one and a half [...]
CASE NUMBER: 18/2006 – BOER VS SABC2 – INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES
The Registrar received a complaint about a TV documentary broadcast at 21:00 on SABC2. The complaint was that by dealing with the possible problems of racial intermarriage, the broadcaster approached the matter as if the offspring were second or third rate. So called mixed races are a world wide phenomenon. As long as race and [...]
CASE NUMBER: 27/2006 – FAASEN VS SABC2 AND RADIOSONDERGRENSE – DEROGATORY TERM
The Complainant presented four related cases. The first concerned the screening on the SABC 2 programme, 50/50, on 19/03/06 of “The Price of Growth”, where the Khoisan people are referred to as “Bushmen”. He argued that the Khoisan people are perceived as “nature’s people”, equated with nature, and are not presented as fully human. They [...]