{
  "id": 5603259,
  "title": "GROUNDUP: SAFM apologises for Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma interview",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/groundup-safm-apologises-for-jacinta-ngobese-zuma-interview",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T17:28:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-04-safm-apologises-for-jacinta-ngobese-zuma-interview/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Broadcasting Complaints Commission has upheld a complaint against SAFM for airing an interview with Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, in which she made unsubstantiated claims about immigrants in South Africa. The SABC is ordered to publicly apologize for broadcasting the interview, which aired on June 3rd. The commissioner found that the SABC breached its code by not clearly presenting Ngobese-Zuma's claims as opinions or challenging their accuracy. Despite a prior interview with GroundUp's deputy editor, Daniel Steyn, which disputed the same claims, the SABC failed to flag the statements as such or provide any evidence to support them. The commission ruled that the SABC did not comply with the Free-to-Air Code, which requires that opinions be clearly presented as such and that factual allegations be verified. The SABC accepted full responsibility for the breach, but claimed that the previous interview with Steyn provided alternative perspectives for listeners to consider.",
  "summary": "The broadcast watchdog found that SAFM breached its code by airing unverified claims about immigrants made by the March and March leader.",
  "key_points": [
    "SAFM apologized for Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma's unverified claims",
    "SABC ordered to publicly apologize for June 3 interview",
    "Commission ruled SABC breached Free-to-Air Code"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}