Act No. 4, 1999 BROADCASTING ACT, 1999 (8) The Corporation must develop a Code of Practice that ensures that the services and the personnel comply with(a) the constitutional principle of equality; (b) the equitable treatment of all segments of the South African population; (c) the constitutional requirement of equitable treatment of all official languages; (d) the rights of all South Africans to receive and impart information and ideas; (e) the mandate to provide for a wide range of audience interests, beliefs and perspectives; and (f) a high standard of accuracy, fairness and impartiality in news and programmes that deal with matters of public interest.". [Section 6 substituted by Section 6 of Act No. 64 of 2002] CHARTER OF CORPORATION Part 2: Establishment, incorporation, objectives and organisation of Corporation. Incorporation 7. … [Section 7 repealed by Section 7 of Act No. 64 of 2002] Objectives of corporation 8. The objectives of the Corporation are(a) to make its services available throughout the Republic; (b) to provide sound and television broadcasting services, whether by analogue or digital means, and to provide sound and television programmes of information, education and entertainment funded by advertisements, subscription, sponsorship, licence fees or any other means of finance; (c) to acquire from time to time a licence or licences for such period and subject to such regulations, provisions and licence conditions as may be prescribed by the Authority; (d) to provide, in its public broadcasting services, radio and television programming that informs, educates and entertains; (e) to be responsive to audience needs, including the needs of the deaf and the blind and account on how to meet those needs; [Paragraph (e) substituted by Section 8 of Act No. 64 of 2002] (f) to provide other services, whether or not broadcasting or programme supply services, such services being ancillary services; (g) to provide television and radio programmes and any other material to be transmitted or distributed by the common carrier for free to air reception by the public subject to section 33 of this Act; (h) to provide to other bodies by such means and methods as may be convenient, services, programmes and materials to be transmitted or distributed by such bodies and to receive from such other bodies services, programmes and materials to be transmitted by stations of the Corporation for reception as above;