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BCCSA chairperson’s report 2007 – 2008. With fourteen years of democracy behind us, an important question is whether the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) has lived up to the ideals of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. Three main questions emerge: is the BCCSA an independent judicial body, is fairness a cornerstone of its procedure and its application of the Broadcasting Code, and does it protect fundamental human rights?

The Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) was established by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in 1993 to adjudicate and mediate complaints against broadcasters that have signed its Code of Conduct.

Author: Krüger, F. 2004
Publisher: Double Storey Books: Cape

The code provides the governing principles of ethical journalism practice. 

Continental obstacles to press freedom. Cheriff Sy, publisher, Bendré, Burkina Faso.

Contribution to Sanef panel discussion, 19 October 2005. Mary De Haas.

The World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum, meeting at the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th World Editors Forum Conference in Cape Town in 2007, noted that in country after country in Africa, the press is crippled by repressive measures, from the jailing and persecution of journalists to the widespread scourge of “insult laws” and criminal defamation, used ruthlessly by governments to prevent critical appraisal of their performance and to deprive the public of information about their misdemeanours. This declaration is a statement by the WAN and WEF of their conviction that Africa urgently needs a strong, free press.

Die Burger’s code of ethics in Afrikaans.
Etiese Kode en Riglyne vir Verslaggewers, Fotograwe en Grafiese Kunstenaars van Die Burger