Contacting the media

Africa Check monitors and tests the accuracy of claims made in the public arena and publishes reports. We are not a media ombudsman or regulator. To take up an issue with any media we suggest you:

  • Contact the editor/producer of a publication or broadcast and explain the issue or complaint.
  • If you have no success, take up the matter with the publication or broadcaster’s Ombudsman, where they have one.
  • Failing that, one can take the matter up with the industry self-regulatory authorities.

For print or their website

In the case of print (or their associated website), you may lodge a complaint with: The Press Ombudsman at 2nd Floor St David’s Park, St David’s Place, Parktown, Johannesburg 219;  phone 011-4843612/8; email khanyim@ombudsman.org.za or johnr@ombudsman.org.za. See their rules and procedures at www.presscouncil.org.za

For broadcasters or their website

In the case of a broadcaster (or their website), you may lodge a complaint with the Broadcast Complaints Commission of SA, PO Box 412365, Craighall, Johannesburg 2014; phone 011-325755; fax 011-3255736; email bccsa@nabsa.co.za.

See their rules and procedures at www.bccsa.co.za