Tomorrow, DA Shadow Minister of Communications, Phumzile Van Damme MP, will be at the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) when arguments are presented in the case DA vs SABC.

Last month, the BCCSA acceded to our request that a Tribunal be instituted to adjudicate the our complaint against the SABC into the public broadcaster airing a packaged video of the ANC President, Cyril Ramaphosa.

The DA believes the SABC contravened Section 13 (1) of the BCCSA Code of Conduct when they interrupted normal programming to air the recording and acted in a biased manner by refusing to do the same for opposition parties.

The public are welcome to attend, and representatives from the DA and SABC will have the chance to make submissions. The SABC, as the public broadcaster, has the responsibility to be objective and to inform the public without fear of favour.

In the case before the tribunal tomorrow, the DA will argue that the SABC failed in their responsibility in relation to the video in question.

Details of the proceedings are as follows:

Date: Tomorrow, 5 September 2018

Time: 9:30

Address: BCCSA/NAB Boardroom, Burnside Island Office Park, Block No 8, 410 Jan Smuts Avenue, Craighall