EFF “destroy E-tolls” ad before Icasa
The Complaints and Compliance Committee (CCC) will hear the matter between the SABC and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) with regards to the Party Election Broadcast (PEB) which was rejected by the SABC.
This is according to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa), which said in a statement that a public hearing on the matter will be held at 17:00 on Friday, 25 April 2014 at the Icasa offices on Sandton.
Icasa said that the EFF lodged its complaint with the CCC on 22 April 2014 and the SABC responded stating, among others, that the PEB incites violence in that it calls upon people to engage in acts of lawlessness by “destroying e-tolls physically”.
However, the EFF believes that the SABC’s conduct compromises the principle of freedom of expression as well as free and fair elections, Icasa said.
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