BDLive reports that the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has ordered the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to withdraw its decision to ban footage of violent protests where public property is being destroyed.  

The SABC chairperson has seven days to confirm in writing that the public broadcaster has complied, although the corporation could also take the matter to court for a review.  The withdrawal must be done retrospectively from the date when the resolution was taken on 26 May 2016.  A number of senior journalists at the broadcaster face disciplinary action for questioning the ban.  The SABC board last week denied that the ban was a policy position, calling it an "editorial decision".  At a media briefing later on Monday, SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng said "no one will tell us what to do", and described the reaction to its protests ban as "hullabaloo".  He said the SABC would challenge the ruling in court.

• Read this report by Genevieve Quintal in full at BDLive
• Read too, No one will tell the SABC what to do, says Hlaudi Motsoeneng, at BDLive

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