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Church billboard dispute resolved — ASA
The removal of the word “homosexuality” from a Pretoria church’s billboard has resolved the complainants’ concerns, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Directorate says in a ruling made today. The Light of Nations Church said it would remove the offending word after a complaint was laid with the ASA about the […]
ASA complaint over church billboard
Originally published in news24 Johannesburg – A complaint has been laid with the Advertising Standards Authority about an allegedly homophobic church billboard in Pretoria. The billboard features the naked torso of a man surrounded by the words “drug abuse”, “promiscuity”, “alcoholism” and “homosexuality”. It is captioned: “whom the son sets […]
e.tv responds to sms porn ads complaints
e.tv complies with advertising code regulations and takes internationally accepted measures to ensure that children are protected from harmful content, says e.tv channel head, Monde Twala. He says this in an email sent today in response to questions asked by Gateway News following yesterday’s Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa […]
ASA call to public amidst rise in sms porn ads complaints
An increase in complaints about sms porn commercials on e.tv has prompted the South African advertising regulator to advise the public how to make “meaningful” complaints. The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) says that in terms of its mandate it can only react to public complaints about advertising […]
Red Bull ad deliberately offensive — ASA
Red Bull breached the code of advertising practice by flighting a television advertisement that deliberately portrayed Jesus Christ in a disrepectful and offensive way, said the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa. In its ruling against the energy drink company, ASA rejected its argument that the ad was just a […]
Red Bull “Jesus walks on water” TV ad pulled after a day
A Red Bull TV advert in which a “bored” cartoon Jesus “walks on water” has been removed after one day after it sparked a flurry of complaints from people who found it blasphemous. In an official response email received by Gateway News this evening, Red Bull says the ad, which […]
Mayor should remove Mavericks billboards — FPI
The Mayor of Cape Town, Patricia De Lille should urgently remove the appallingly sexist and harmful Mavericks billboards erected along the city’s streets, Family Policy Insitute (FPI) says in a press statement. The strip club’s billboards feature a half-naked woman in a sexually suggestive pose next to the slogan “I […]
Call for action on sleazy billboards
Two new Mavericks billboards in Cape Town – one on the N1 highway (going towards Cape Town, just before the Parden Island turnoff) and the other on Kloof Nek Road (Cape Town central), blatantly promote adultery, says Christian Action Network (CAN), in a media statement released today. The billboards advertise […]
Anti-abortion billboard “offensive” says ASA
[notice]Christian Action Network to appeal against ruling[/notice] The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) has ruled that the Christian Action Network’s (CAN) billboard stating “Abortion Kills Babies,” is “offensive” and must be withdrawn. The side of the mobile billboard in question reads “Since 1997, 700 000 [updated in 2010 to […]