A hearing by communications regulator Icasa’s complaints and compliance committee on the Democratic Alliance’s advertisement complaint case against the SABC was adjourned on Tuesday night. The hearing would resume on Wednesday at 6pm to give the SABC more time to consult with its legal team
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The rejection of the Democratic Alliance’s adverts by the SABC is an infringement on the freedom of expression, the party’s legal team argued on Tuesday evening. Steven Budlender, for the DA, said the SABC had rejected one television advert and five radio adverts
Communications regulator Icasa had taken more than 48 hours to hear a Democratic Alliance complaint against the SABC over the pulling of an election advertisement, DA MP James Selfe said on Monday. “The DA is extremely concerned that the 48-hour timeline set by Icasa’s regulations has been ignored in this case
SABC bosses were protecting their positions when they decided not to broadcast an advertisement by the Democratic Alliance, party leader Helen Zille said on Saturday. “They are terrified for their positions because he [president Jacob Zuma] deployed them,” she
The Democratic Alliance on Friday accused the SABC of censoring it following a notice to pull the party’s election advert. “The DA has received notice from the SABC that it is removing the DA’s ‘Ayisafani’ television commercial from the airwaves,” spokesman Mmusi Maimane said in a statement. “This is censorship pure and simple.” The advert
The Democratic Alliance will be heading to court this week to have the law that allows e-tolling declared unconstitutional, the party said on Sunday. “I will be in court representing Gauteng residents who have expressed an overwhelming majority of opposition to e-tolling,” spokesman Mmusi Maimane said in
There was only one exception to the misery with which the arrival of e-tolling on Gauteng highways was greeted on Wednesday. This came from roads agency Sanral, which described the development as good news. “We now have certainty as to when tolling on the inner
The fight against e-tolling in Gauteng is not over, the DA said on Thursday. “Without fail, we chose the most cumbersome, the most expensive system that only benefits a few, rather than considering the majority of this province,” said Democratic Alliance spokesman Mmusi Maimane
Ninety percent of Gauteng’s road users owe government over R2bn in unpaid fines in just a two-year period due to end in December 2013, and the Democratic Alliance says the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act has failed to ensure that municipal authorities adjudicate
The SABC’s Jimi Matthews says all “checks and balances” are in place to ensure its new 24-hour news channel does not become a propaganda tool. The satellite channel launched on Thursday evening, with president Jacob Zuma in attendance for its kick-off. “I am not quite sure