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The Entertainment Fix Today I have two TV articles that I think you will enjoy. e.tv and eNCA have been fined for broadcasting an interview with a conspiracy theorist about Covid-19. And, have you ever wondered about the inside of a writers' room? I spoke to a TV writer to find out what it's like working on an M-Net drama. 📺

	GRAYE MORKEL, LOCAL NEWS EDITOR

eNCA and e.tv fined over Covid-19 conspiracy episode on Gareth Cliff talk show

The Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) has fined the South African TV news channel eNCA (DStv 403) and the commercial free-to-air channel e.tv with R10 000 for contravening the broadcasting code.

On 22 July eNCA and on 23 July e.tv broadcast a Gareth Cliff interview during his So What Now? talk show with the conspiracy theory guest David Icke who made multiple false statements around Covid-19.

Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) complained to the BCCSA and said that the broadcast was unlawful, harmful, and in breach of South Africa's broadcasting code.start of the first So What Now? episode broadcast in November 2020.

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eNCA and e.tv fined over Covid-19 conspiracy episode on Gareth Cliff talk show

We speak to a TV writer on M-Net's Inconceivable about how he draws inspiration from his own life

Prince William tested positive for Covid-19, reports say, and isolated at Anmer Hall

Shudufhadzo Musida moves into her Sandton apartment

Sean Connery's widow, Micheline Roquebrune reveals actor suffered from dementia before his death

Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik share first family photo with their baby girl