Icasa rules against FXI
The Complaints Compliance Commission of the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) on Thursday dismissed an application by the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) to get the full record of the report into blacklisting at the SABC.
It also ruled that the evidence in the report was inadmissible. It said it would release the reasons for its findings in due course.
The FXI had wanted a copy of the record on order to prepare a response to the SABC's contention that the methodology of the commission was flawed.
It had made an application to Icasa based on its belief that the SABC did not comply with the terms of the Broadcasting Act, which stated that it had to allow diversity of views.
The report centred on a complaint that the SABC's head of news Snuki Zikalala had excluded certain political commentators from reports and analysis.
Neither Zikalala, who was present at the hearing, nor the FXI would comment immediately.
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