The SABC must broadcast a Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA (BCCSA) ruling in favour of Mail & Guardian journalist Sam Sole by June 28, the BCCSA said on Tuesday.
The BCCSA, in a judgment released on Tuesday, denied a bid by the SABC to delay the broadcast of the ruling against the public broadcaster.
“The Tribunal... has permitted SABC3 to broadcast the summary on or before the 28th June 2011,” ruled the BCCSA.
The SABC had wanted to delay the broadcast by trying to turn to the Complaints and Compliance Committee of the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa).
The broadcaster wanted Icasa to order the BCCSA Tribunal to extend the date of the broadcast.
But the BCCSA found that the SABC did not have the right to approach the Icasa committee.
The case relates to an SABC broadcast on November 3 last year in which businessman Robert Gumede alleged that Sole took a bribe and that the newspaper had a racial bias.
The BCCSA found that Gumede's allegations were given air time, but that the M&G's response was given insufficient coverage.
The SABC was reprimanded for broadcasting an unbalanced report and was given until March 30 to broadcast a summary of the BCCSA judgement.
But it then tried to appeal the ruling, which it lost, and then tried to appeal to Icasa. - Sapa