The Advertising Standards Authority says Sanral is unable to prove it had sold 1.2-million e-tags, despite claiming this in adverts.
Two men who took MWeb to the advertising authority over its uncapped ADSL offer have lost the case, with the firm saying the pair abused the service.
Thousands of unsold copies of the New Age newspaper were returned to its offices daily, according to a former employee who spoke to the M&G.
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.
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/ 26 October 2011
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.
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/ 7 February 2011
The Christ Embassy Church — recently banned by the Advertising Standards Authority from airing claims of faith healing — will appeal the ruling.
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/ 23 October 2008
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.
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/ 18 October 2007
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.
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/ 20 September 2007
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.
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/ 19 September 2007
South Africa’s advertising watchdog rejected complaints on Wednesday over a commercial showing a secretary spitting into her boss’s coffee, saying she cleared her throat too loudly for it to be taken seriously. The advert by a chain of florists for Secretaries Day earlier this month showed a woman noisily clearing phlegm from her throat before spitting it into a cup of coffee.
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/ 17 September 2007
A kulula.com email advertisement has been banned because it failed to convey mandatory airport charges in its selling price, the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) said on Monday. ”The selling price must include all necessary costs without which the product cannot be purchased,” said ASA spokesperson Lillian Mlambo.