Latest Judgments
CASE NUMBER: 02/2020 – THE CHINESE ASSOCIATION, GAUTENG (“TCA”) VS SABC2 – HATE SPEECH AND DIGNITY
This is a complaint about a scene in the Afrikaans soapie “7 de Laan” where young people acted out a game known as rock-paper-scissors and where the words “Ching-Chong-Cha” were chanted. We were informed by [...]
CASE NUMBER: 27/2019 – KING EDWARD HIGH SCHOOL VS SABC1 – DIGNITY AND BALANCE
A complaint was lodged with the BCCSA by King Edward High School against the SABC for a broadcast dated 2 July 2019 at 21:30 on SABC1. The broadcast was a programme called Cutting Edge. Cutting [...]
CASE NUMBER: 12/2019 – KESWA VS MULTICHOICE – NEWZROOM AFRIKA – BALANCE AND DIGNITY
A complaint was lodged with the Registrar of the BCCSA against the Respondent for its news broadcast of 10 May 2019 which contained inaccurate information regarding the process followed in the handing over of an [...]
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 [...]
CASE NUMBER: 14/2019 – eNCA VS STRYDOM AND TAYLOR – COMMENT
The Appellant was granted leave to appeal against the finding of the Commissioner under adjudication number 20A/2019. The initial complaint was based on a news broadcast that was aired on the 17th of April 2019 [...]
ADJUDICATION NO: 30/A/2018 – MATABANE AND TSHIVHASE – HARMFUL TO CHILDREN
The complaint herein is that the Broadcaster, on the morning of 28 June 2019, at 6:35, broadcast material that constituted advocacy of hatred and was disturbing to children. CLICK TO VIEW FULL ADJUDICATION
CASE NUMBER: 10/2019 – FIRSTRAND FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED VS SABC3 – RIGHT TO REPLY
A complaint was lodged with the registrar of the BCCSA against the Respondent for its broadcast of 10 March 2019. The broadcast pertained to allegations of racism against black people in the context of credit granting [...]
CASE NUMBER: 13/2019 – SABC2 VS VAMVAKOS – BALANCE
This is a SABC appeal of Adjudication No: 21/A/2019 between Vamvakos vs SABC2, wherein the adjudicator found that the programme lacked an opposing point of view and was therefore unbalanced and one-sided. In the main, [...]
CASE NUMBER: 09/2019 – PASTOR LUKAU & ALLELUIA MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL VS SABC1 – CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
The Complainant, a well known public figure and a head Pastor of Allelluia Ministries, posted a YouTube video where he ‘suspiciously’ resurrected a man from the coffin. This so-called miracle attracted global controversy over dubious [...]
ADJUDICATION NO: 23/A/2019 – MOKWA VS SABC-METRO FM – HARMFUL TO CHILDREN
Complaint that the broadcaster aired inappropriate language which was offensive to listeners and not suitable for children. CLICK TO VIEW FULL ADJUDICATION