SABC bans DA advert

Bypass the SABC. Sure its a bit late now for the coming election. Look at how other countries have handled their govt's control of national media.

Use alternative media. YouTube etc. Pirate radio stations etc. Set them up in Swaziland, Lesotho, Mozambique and Bots. Park a ship off the Eastern Cape coast in international waters. Play whatever is hip in the townships. Attract listeners. Worked elsewhere. You never know :D

No way you will ever get access via the SABC. So blatenly corrupt. Calling them corrupt doest even phase them anymore.
 
DA CAN SUBMIT AMENDED AD: SABC

The SABC on Friday called on the Democratic Alliance to submit an amended version of their "Ayisafani" election advert after it pulled the commercial.

"We have... informed them [Democratic Alliance] that they are entitled to submit an amended version of the said advert," spokesman Kaizer Kganyago told Sapa.

The public broadcaster served the party with a letter informing it that the election advert would no longer be aired.

In the letter, SABC acting group CEO Tian Olivier informed the party the corporation would no longer be able to broadcast the advert on radio and television as it incited violence.

"The Icasa regulation on political advertising states clearly that there may not be incitement to violence.

"It is our view that the reference in your television advertisement to police killing our people is cause for incitement against the police services," Olivier said in the letter.

The advert in question shows the DA's Gauteng premier candidate and spokesman Mmusi Maimane standing in front of a mirror talking about the current state of the country.

He says life today is better than it was 20 years ago and gives credit to great leaders who he believes have taken the country forward.

"But since 2008 we've seen President Jacob Zuma's ANC. An ANC that is corrupt. An ANC for the connected few. An ANC that is taking us backwards. An ANC where more than 1.4 million people have lost jobs."

Maimane then asks Zuma where the jobs are.

He continues to speak about news events such as police brutality and the R246 million upgrade to Zuma's private Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu-Natal.

The advert ends with Maimane saying: "Together we can bring hope, allow an environment that creates jobs. Together we can bring change for all South Africans."

Olivier added in the letter that the Electoral Code of Conduct included a clause prohibiting the publication of false information about other candidates or parties.

"We believe this can also be extended to information that has not yet been tested and confirmed in a court of law, such as the allegations in your advertisement regarding the Nkandla matter."

He further stated that the Code of the Advertising Standards Authority of SA (ASA) did not permit attacking another product to promote your own.

Olivier said although the ASA did not have jurisdiction over political advertisements during an election period, he believed the complaints and compliance committee of Icasa, which had jurisdiction, would apply the same principle.

"We are also of the view that the SABC will not permit personal attacks on any party member or leader by any other party, as being done in your advertisement in respect of... Zuma," Olivier said.

"We do not have any concern about generic statements regarding matters such as corruption or lack of service delivery, but do not believe that it is correct to pin such issues on any specific person..."

Maimane accused the SABC of censoring the party.

He said the reasons advanced by the SABC were spurious and illegal.

He accused the SABC of protecting Zuma from public accountability for the Nkandla scandal.

"The unavoidable conclusion is that the SABC has bowed to pressure from the ANC to remove the commercial. We know that the ANC is worried about the hugely positive response that the advert has generated," he said.

Maimane promised to fight the "censorship" and would approach The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa).

"Political advertising regulations require us to approach Icasa. We are confident Icasa will dismiss the SABC's censorship and reinstate the commercial immediately," he said.

Asked why the commercial was only being questioned now and not from the onset, Kganyago said they went with the advert at face value.

"We must not tamper with adverts that come in. We went with it at face value but while doing our regular checks when airing, we realised the problems," he said.

Kganyago added that the advert was not the only one submitted by the party. He said the other three posed no problems and would continue to be broadcast.


Source : Sapa /kn/jk/lp/ks
Date : 11 Apr 2014 15:03
 
DreamKing said:
if DA does not show the bad side of anc, why the voters have to vote DA in power?
if the ruling party is the best, what is the reason the ruling party has to step down?

make sense?
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It doesn't really say much of the DA if dissing their opponent is the only thing that they are able to do. I know it's not but you understand why it's not a very forthcoming means of advertising.
 
Fudzy said:
It doesn't really say much of the DA if dissing their opponent is the only thing that they are able to do. I know it's not but you understand why it's not a very forthcoming means of advertising.
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I don't understand.

you have only 30 seconds to persuade the voters to vote for you. obviously you must send the strongest messages in the shortest time. Right?
 
DreamKing said:
I don't understand.

you have only 30 seconds to persuade the voters to vote for you. obviously you must send the strongest messages in the shortest time. Right?
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was waiting in a looooong queue the other day. There was sabc on the TVs.
More than one ad played. Some seem to last for at least 5min.

This was mid morning.
 
Taranis said:
May be because it attacks another party. Are they allowed to do that, like Vodacom vs. CellC?
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Tested with other leading parties, as you can see, the ***** just doesn't come out... *holds up muddy yellow, green and black t-shirt*
 
It would appear the Streisand effect has taken hold.

and the egg sits squarely on the face of the sabc & it's masters
 
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Fudzy said:
It doesn't really say much of the DA if dissing their opponent is the only thing that they are able to do. I know it's not but you understand why it's not a very forthcoming means of advertising.
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The only thing that is holding this country back from progress and reform is voters who will not change their minds.
He is correctly diagnosing the problem and directing the advert directly at them.
Aiming it at anyone else is not going to accomplish a damn thing.
 
Fudzy said:
It doesn't really say much of the DA if dissing their opponent is the only thing that they are able to do. I know it's not but you understand why it's not a very forthcoming means of advertising.
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I see/hear this type of comment a lot around lately, that the DA simply lists the flaws of the ANC but do not really provide solutions. People having been buying into this line of reasoning for some reason.

If you need any indication of what the DA can do, look at the Western Cape. Granted, I feel Cape Town is a collection of disparate islands (Khayaletsha, Manenberg, Lavender Hill etc vs affluent areas in northern and southern suburbs), a situation in desperate need of a fix, but I believe the DA is better prepared to provide solutions as opposed to what we've had for the last 5-7 years.

I could probably forgive the ANC for a few missteps provided that they genuinely want to take the country forward. Right now, as far as I'm concerned, they have implemented a scorched earth policy.
 
battletoad said:
I see/hear this type of comment a lot around lately, that the DA simply lists the flaws of the ANC but do not really provide solutions. People having been buying into this line of reasoning for some reason.

If you need any indication of what the DA can do, look at the Western Cape. Granted, I feel Cape Town is a collection of disparate islands (Khayaletsha, Manenberg, Lavender Hill etc vs affluent areas in northern and southern suburbs), a situation in desperate need of a fix, but I believe the DA is better prepared to provide solutions as opposed to what we've had for the last 5-7 years.

I could probably forgive the ANC for a few missteps provided that they genuinely want to take the country forward. Right now, as far as I'm concerned, they have implemented a scorched earth policy.
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Exactly, they should lead by the great example they are setting in the Western Cape. As you said the problem areas are a huge issue and it wouldn't surprise me if the ANC aren't helping that fact on purpose.
 
Fudzy said:
Exactly, they should lead by the great example they are setting in the Western Cape. As you said the problem areas are a huge issue and it wouldn't surprise me if the ANC aren't helping that fact on purpose.
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Bad news sells better than good news I guess, especially so for a 30 second clip.

Maimane does seem to be a "YES we can" type of character though; he should be made front and centre every election going forward. He's only 33 so that shouldn't be a problem. I just hope he stays out of scandals.
 
Fudzy said:
It doesn't really say much of the DA if dissing their opponent is the only thing that they are able to do. I know it's not but you understand why it's not a very forthcoming means of advertising.
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Depends on your target market. Currently the blind allegiance to the ANC is the biggest problem. You need to fix that before anything else.
 
grantza said:
It would appear the Streisand effect has taken hold.

and the egg sits squarely on the face of the sabc & it's masters
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Ja Dude, like when they banned books in apartheid i consumed it. I think this is the hidden agenda. Ha! coming across people who think is such fun.
 
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