South Africa ruling party, African National Congress (ANC) has criticised MultiChoice’s decision to suspend a Russian news channel on DStv, following Russia’s full scale invasion in Ukarine attacking the country.
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, “sanctions 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.”
South Africa’s ruling party the ANC urged MultiChoice to reconsider its decision as it has a negative impact on citizens’ freedom of choice, “ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe said.
The sanctions imposed on Russia have resulted in the MultiChoice platform 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.
Meanwhile, Russia promises humanitarian aid to allow evacuation of civilians from Ukraine.
Russia’s ally Belarus will be offered for people in Kyiv while people in Kharkiv will have a corridor to Russia.
Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said Ukraine should not believe Russia’s promise.
The oil prices have surged high due to the conflict.
