ICASA News: ICASA is doing something right

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 27 February 2012

Eddie Mbalo, Chairman and acting CEO of pay-tv operator, TopTV, has recently lashed out at the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) for blocking TopTV’s attempts to launch adult channels of explicit sexual nature.

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa) welcomes ICASA’s move towards what Mbalo describes “…as a dangerous slide back into the censorship that was prevalent under the National Party government” (TopTV boss lashes Icasa over ‘censorship’, TechCentral, The Editor, 21 February 2012). Yes, people should have access to information, but how does info, or rather highly-visual content of a sexually explicit nature, contributes to a healthy society? If the likes of Mbalo are so concerned about censorship, why are they not giving us access to information pertaining to the real Big Brother, the Illuminati and other occult groups that are secretly operating here in South Africa? The only real reason Mbalo is crying, despite the lost of income, is because Big Brother likes to use sex in devious ways to attack the holy institution of marriage and to get people away from healthy sexual relationships. Make no mistake about it; it is among the biggest tools they use to control us. We have no problems with adult toy shops that aim to spice up one’s love life in healthy ways, but what TopTV has in mind can most definitely not be described as healthy, especially considering that HIV/AIDS have reached epidemic proportions in this country and elsewhere in the world. In fact, ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa) tends to agree with Linds, who made the following comment at TechCentral: “If only TOPTV stopped pursuing the porn channels and concentrated on getting basics right. Their finance system is crap, content is nonsense - they keep losing channels without replacing and adding new ones. Their installers are not properly trained as a result the dish goes out of alignment at the same rate as their repeats... Get your act together and stop diverting attention from your failures by trying to make this a human rights issue” (TopTV boss lashes Icasa over ‘censorship’, TechCentral, The Editor, 21 February 2012). Linds is right, why don’t TopTV get their ducks in a row first? In fact, it won’t surprise us a bit if ICASA blocked TopTV’s attempts to launch adult channels of explicit sexual nature based on reasons that have nothing to do with morality.

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa) welcomes ICASA attempts to help to ensure some form of decency in South Africa, willingly or unwillingly. This is despite the fact that sexually explicit info is still freely and widely available on the Internet.