The ASA has declined to probe the government's adverts about the secrecy Bill, but the DA's Lindiwe Mazibuko is trying to get it to change its mind.

The ASA has found Woolworths wilfully contravened advertising standards by plagiarising Frankie's "Good Old Fashioned" phrase.

Frankie's Olde Soft Drink Company has caused a stir alleging that major retailer, Woolworths, has plagiarised their packaging and flavours.

If I was a Christian publisher, I'd be getting nervous. The ASA has decided that an advert for Axe deodorant has to be withdrawn.

A TV advert depicting angels falling from heaven because they are attracted to a man's deodorant has been given the chop after raising Christian ire.

The Christ Embassy Church -- recently banned by the Advertising Standards Authority from airing claims of faith healing -- will appeal the ruling.

The Advertising Standards Authority rejected a complaint that Bayer has been trying to disparage generic drugs and create doubts about their safety.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on Thursday reiterated its call for media houses to refrain from accepting any advertising from the City of Tshwane metropolitain council. The ASA said it had come to its attention that media houses were accepting advertising from the city despite its instructions not to do so.

A civic movement on Thursday demanded that a "degrading and discriminating" Rugby World Cup advert featuring Khoisan people be pulled from the airwaves. "It degrades our Khoisan indigenous people as illiterate," said national secretary general of the African Renaissance Civic Movement Richard Huber.

It seems one cannot, after all, do movies, gaming, education, business and music on Telkom's broadband offering. The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled against Telkom's "Do Broadband" advertising campaign in which it promises consumers that they can do all of the above internet activities using a one-gigabyte broadband package.