By Inside Politics Reporter
The South African Church Defenders (SACD) group has formally lodged a complaint with MultiChoice and its DStv platform over Moja Love’s ‘Fake Pastors’ programme, accusing the show of humiliating clergy and promoting hostility.
In a letter submitted to MultiChoice’s Corporate Affairs and Content Compliance Department, the Christian advocacy group said the show, hosted by social activist Sihle Sibisi on Channel 157, “misrepresents Christianity, humiliates pastors, and promotes public hostility toward the church”.
SACD said it was calling for “the immediate suspension and review of the show”, demanded that Sibisi be suspended from her role as host, and that a public apology be issued.
“The said programme, while purporting to ‘expose fake pastors’, has systematically portrayed Christianity and the pastoral office in a manner that is defamatory, prejudicial, and ethnically reprehensible.
“It has gone beyond investigative journalism and crossed into the realm of public persecution of the
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