ANN7 Billboard Discriminatory: Elderly

[LazyLion]

The SA Older Persons Forum (SAOPF) has laid a formal complaint against Africa News Network 7 (ANN7), saying a billboard along the N1 near Sandton discriminated against the elderly, Beeld reported on Wednesday.

The forum lodged separate complaints with the SA Human Rights Commission and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on Tuesday, saying the television channel advertisement humiliated people and violated the law.

On the giant billboard was a picture of an elderly man with the words: "We are not old farts. . . nah, not even our presenters".

According to the forum, the wording amounted to abuse of the elderly, in terms of the Older Persons Act of 2006.

"Do we old people not have a hard enough time already in our country?" asked Roedolf Kay, national co-ordinator of the forum.

Kay said discrimination against the elderly was a major problem in South Africa.

"The [forum] insists that all humiliating advertising material be removed immediately and that apologies be made to all older people in South Africa."

A spokesman for ANN7 did not respond to requests from Beeld for comment.


Source : Sapa /pk/fg/jje
Date : 28 Aug 2013 08:57

 

[TelkomUseless]

Saw them billboards and was thinking .. what a bunch of t-rds ANN7. Stupid advert..

 

[ISP cash cow]

maybe they should have got seasoned older professionals to do the job. They may have actually been able to do the news rather than have a comical spoof of a news network.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

"SA Older Persons Forum (SAOPF)"

lol'd.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

Old farts read better than young 'tards.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

"SA Older Persons Forum (SAOPF)"

lol'd.

A discriminatory group if I ever saw one.

 

[Ninja'd]

According to the forum, the wording amounted to abuse of the elderly, in terms of the Older Persons Act of 2006.

Dafuq is this?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Crisis.. can the Gupta's make ANN7 anymore of a laughing stock if they tried?

 

[ShaunSA]

Dafuq is this?

http://ossafrica.com/esst/index.php?title=Summary_of_the_Older_Persons_Act,_no._13_of_2006

 

[HammerDown]

For no real reason other than starting out with a real shiddy attitude, I wish nothing more on these farktatrds than monumental failure.
Funny how you can loose the goodwill of a nation so quick.

 

[Ninja'd]

http://ossafrica.com/esst/index.php?title=Summary_of_the_Older_Persons_Act,_no._13_of_2006

When is an older person in need of care and protection?
According to the Act, older persons are in need of care and protection when:

/snip

they are abusing drugs and have no support for their addiction;

That's sounds weird. :erm:

 

[Flanders]

Crisis.. can the Gupta's make ANN7 anymore of a laughing stock if they tried?

At this stage...definitely not.

 

[biometrics]

The one in Cape Town. Someone needs to paint over the "NO" ...

 

[Ninja'd]

The one in Cape Town. Someone needs to paint over the "NO" ...

She has that "wtf am I doing here" look on her face.

 

[Redeemed]

 

[Compton_effect]

ANN&. News for the people on the street by the people on the street.

 

[rwenzori]

Well, I'm an old fart, and I have no intention of watching this ANN7 rubbish ( apart from the bloopers posted on the net, that is ). I'll leave ANN7 for you tweenie-boppers to enjoy.

 

[Compton_effect]

She has that "wtf am I doing here" look on her face.

I was once phoned by a lawyer trying to get me to claim from 3'rd Party after a accident.
Halfway though a very bizzarre conversation he had a loud argument with his PA - without putting the phone on hold.
That is what I imagine her looking like.

 

[Flanders]

View attachment 67627

OMG!

Did they really force youtube to remove the clips?

 

[OMB]

The one in Cape Town. Someone needs to paint over the "NO" ...

World Class?

Bwahahahahahahahahahah