AfriForum declares dispute with MultiChoice on double standards
30 May 2019
The civil rights organisation AfriForum today declared a dispute with MultiChoice because of the inconsistent application of this television company’s political policy. This follows after MultiChoice’s announcement that their policy was not to give exposure to persons making divisive statements, but this policy has been applied only with regard to one individual.
MultiChoice recently announced that they were going to apply censorship with regard to the artist Steve Hofmeyr by not publishing any footage of him, but no action has been taken against other artists who actively encourage violence and racial hatred against minorities on social media. AfriForum also demands that MultiChoice should summarily stop all sponsorships for organisations and parties – including the ANC – whose representatives make divisive statements.
The artist Ntsiki Mazwai regularly publishes racist and inciting comments against minorities on social media, yet he was recently appointed as presenter of the chat programme Show me Love, which is broadcast on Moja Love (channel 157 on DStv).
- On 6 November 2017 Mazwai tweeted: “With all the whites assaulting blacks..does it make it fairground to go on a white beating spree? Beat them bonke man, woman or child?” (sic).