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Cape Town – The Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) has again rapped the SABC's 7de Laan soap on SABC2 over the knuckles, ordering the soap to apologise to viewers for contravening the Broadcasting Code of Conduct for broadcasting violence and language not suitable for the timeslot.

The BCCSA has ordered 7de Laan and SABC2 to broadcast a lengthy on-screen statement, as well as an accompanying voice-over before 22 May telling viewers that 7de Laan had broadcast two episodes in February depicting a violent attack in Oppiekoffie with violence and language unsuitable for the timeslot and which contravened the code.

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