Rulings

  Ruling by the Press Ombudsman May 17, 2013 This ruling is based on the written submissions of Mr Vivian Reddy and the Mail & Guardian newspaper. Complaint Mr Vivian Reddy and the company in which he has an interest, Edison Power Gauteng, complain about a front page story on 18 January 2013 in the Mail & Guardian newspaper headlined Joburg’s R1bn ‘g

  Ruling by the Press Ombudsman May 14, 2013 This ruling is based on the written submissions of Mr Sagie Naicker and the Sunday Tribune newspaper. Complaint Mr Sagie Naicker, a director of the Sai school in Chatsworth, complains about a story in the Tribune Herald (Sunday Tribune) on 10 February 2013, headlined Parents fight with Sai school over fee hikes. He compla

The Applicant, Mr Levitt, complained against certain articles which appeared in the Argus Newspapaper and its sister newspaper, the Saturday Star. It is not necessary to go into the details of the complaint as the necessary correction and apology have already been made. [2] What irked the Applicant was that the Respondent refused to removed the offending article from the internet. The applican

    Ruling by the Press Ombudsman May 13, 2013 This ruling is based on the written submissions of Director Colin Levin, for Solal Technologies, and the Beeld newspaper. Complaint Solal Technologies complains about a story in Beeld on 16 November 2012, headlined ‘Bakterie lei tot griep’: Firma gekap (‘Bacteria results in flu’: Company cri

  May 7, 2013 This ruling is based on the written submissions of Mr Lukas Swart, for the Swartberg Intelligence Support Services (SISS), and the Sunday Times newspaper. COMPLAINT SISS complains about two stories in the Sunday Times (in its Business Times edition) on 20 January 2013, headlined Eskom uses spy agency to counter labour unrest, and Outrage over Eskom’s spy

  Ruling by the Press Ombudsman May 4, 2013 This ruling is based on the written submissions of Mr Geordin Hill-Lewis, for the DA, and The New Age newspaper. COMPLAINT The DA complains about three front page stories in The New Age, as well as about an excerpt of an interview that Redi Tlhabi from Radio 702 had conducted with the leader of the DA, Ms Helen Zille. The stor

    Ruling by the Press Ombudsman April 23, 2013 This ruling is based on the written submissions of Mr Faried Loonat and Karolia-Surtees (for the Fordsburg Community Newspaper). COMPLAINT Mr Faried Loonat, the Regional Coordinator for Sport in Region B in the Fordsburg community, complains (in his personal capacity) about three articles in the Fordsburg Communi

  Ruling by the Press Ombudsman April 23, 2013 This ruling is based on the written submissions of Mr Tarag Ismail and Karolia-Surtees (for the Fordsburg Community Newspaper. COMPLAINT Mr Tarag Ismail, the former chairman of the Sport Council for Ward 58 in the Fordsburg community, complains (in his personal capacity) about two articles in the Fordsburg Community Newspap

                                                                 Case Number:174/2012 In The Matter: Drum Magazine                 &nbs

    Ruling by the Press Ombudsman April 19, 2013 This ruling is based on the written submissions of Mr Welcome Khumalo, for the Nkangala Informer, and The Herald newspaper (Middelburg). Complaint The owner of the Nkangala Informer, Welcome Khumalo, complains about a story in The Herald (Middelburg) on 15 March 2012, headlined ‘All will be revealed in cour