The IFP Youth Brigade yesterday voiced its concern over the decision of the SABC to flight the movie, The Bang Bang Club, saying it gave the impression that the organisation had been in an alliance with the apartheid government during the years of oppression.

National chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa said there was escalating political bias being showed by the SABC.

He said the public broadcaster was “killing multi-party democracy” in the country while driving many people from opposition parties to the ANC.

“It is shameful and disturbing by all measures or standards for the SABC to continue airing The Bang Bang Club. I pay my TV licence as many South Africans do. For the SABC to show us lies is not fair.

“These lies push people away from the opposition parties to the ANC.”

He said the movie had been flighted on Friday night on SABC1.

“This action film paints a negative picture of the IFP, but it has been proven many times that our organisation fought against the apartheid government.

We are prepared to explore every avenue to ensure that this onslaught on the IFP comes to an end,” Hlengwa said.

He called on the SABC to be objective, adding that his organisation would approach the Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (Icasa) to seek its intervention.

SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said the broadcaster aired the movie because it had a licence agreement with the person who created it.

It is not our movie and we will continue to play it as per our licence agreement with its owner,” Kganyago said. He said the Brigade had the right to lodge a complaint with Icasa.

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