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SAFM apologises for Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma interview

The broadcast watchdog found SAFM breached its code by airing unverified claims about immigrants made by the March and March leader

The SABC has been ordered to publicly apologise for broadcasting an interview with March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma during which she made claims that were not backed up by any evidence the programme put to listeners.”. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendrics

The Broadcasting Complaints Commission has upheld a complaint over a June interview with March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, who made unsubstantiated claims about immigrants.
The commissioner ruled the SABC failed to flag her statements as opinion or challenge them, even though a prior segment with GroundUp’s deputy editor had disputed the same claims.
The SABC must broadcast a summary of the commissioner’s findings and apologise in the same programme time slot.

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