{"id":55629,"date":"2022-03-07T20:12:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T18:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=55629"},"modified":"2022-03-07T19:27:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T17:27:29","slug":"sa-political-parties-implore-multichoice-to-reinstate-russian-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/sa-political-parties-implore-multichoice-to-reinstate-russian-tv","title":{"rendered":"SA Political Parties Implore MultiChoice To Reinstate Russian TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Political parties in South Africa have criticised MultiChoice\u2019s decision to suspend a Russian news channel on DStv.<\/p>\n<p>Last week MultiChoice suspended the airing of Russia Today, a Russian news television station on channel 407 after Russia invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Multichoice said, \u201csanctions imposed on Russia by the EU have led to the global distributor of the channel ceasing to provide the broadcast feed to all suppliers, including MultiChoice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s ruling party the ANC urged MultiChoice to reconsider its decision, saying it (the decision) has a negative impact on citizens\u2019 freedom of choice. ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe said:<\/p>\n<p>The sanctions imposed on Russia have resulted in the MultiChoice platform unilaterally withdrawing Russia TV from its offerings, impacting negatively the freedom of choice to subscribers and limiting their consumption of news on the developments in the Ukraine-Russia conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Black First Land First deputy president, Zanele Lwana, revealed that the party plans to march to MultiChoice\u2019s offices to lodge a complaint. She said:<\/p>\n<p>As soon as we have finalised our internal processes, we are going to take to the streets at the MultiChoice offices.<\/p>\n<p>We stand with Russia and we take inspiration from them. The West has a vested interest in other countries and is not being condemned for wanting to take other states\u2019 resources.<\/p>\n<p>The west does not care about people\u2019s livelihoods and business, will not start or end by them.<\/p>\n<p>The West and the EU have imposed unreasonable sanctions on Russia and are suppressing dissenting voices to nurse their own interests.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has proven over and over again its alliance with a developing country like South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>SADTU, the EFF, and a civil organisation, The Freedom of Expression Institute of SA, all condemned the move and urged MultiChoice to reinstate the channel with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Political parties in South Africa have criticised MultiChoice\u2019s decision to suspend a Russian news channel on DStv. Last week MultiChoice suspended the airing of Russia Today, a Russian news television station on channel 407 after Russia invaded Ukraine. In a statement, Multichoice said, \u201csanctions imposed on Russia by the EU have led [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,9,15],"tags":[1493,2189,3097,3099,8874,773,8831,8556,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-55629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-miscellaneous","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-dstv","14":"tag-multichoice","15":"tag-rt","16":"tag-russia","17":"tag-russia-today","18":"tag-ukraine","19":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SA Political Parties Implore MultiChoice To Reinstate Russian TV - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Political parties in South Africa have criticised MultiChoice\u2019s decision to suspend a Russian news channel on DStv. 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