So this is MultiChoice's insulting response...

Mambaonline.com forwarded a number of questions to MultiChoice asking for clarity about removing LGBT shows from its schedule as and when demanded by Nigeria. These included: • Has MultiChoice taken any action (appeals / legal action) to oppose the directives from the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to remove I Am Cait? • Has MultiChoice publicly condemned efforts to remove the show from its schedule as being discriminatory, a form of censorship and anti-democratic? • As a South African-based company do you feel you have any obligation to uphold South Africa’s constitutional values? • What is MultiChoice’s stance towards the issue of LGBT equality in Africa? • Does the removal of the show mean that all Africans (including South Africans) are now subject to the whims of Nigerian viewers / censors? • How will MultiChoice ensure that democratic countries like South Africa are not impacted by other nations’ bigotry and censorship in its scheduling / broadcasts? MultiChoice responded on Tuesday with this terse and, quite frankly, pathetic response: “E! Entertainment is a channel we share across many African territories, including Nigeria. The Nigerian Regulator has advised MultiChoice that the programme I Am Cait transgresses its regulatory code, which is why the series had to be removed from the channel. MultiChoice however still provides a large variety of entertaining and educational programming, and continuously strives to appeal to every lifestyle through its diversity of content.” We believe that the response is deeply unsatisfactory and displays a gross lack of regard for MultiChoice’s viewers in South Africa and elsewhere. The company, with a widespread reputation for arrogance and high-handedness, is clearly not willing to address the deeper issues that are at play nor is it even prepared to apologise to its viewers. MultiChoice, it seems, simply doesn’t give a damn. The issue isn't about your views on Caitlyn Jenner or the value of her show; it’s about our identities and stories being erased and censored by another country. If you don’t believe that what we are allowed to watch should be based on the whims of homophobic and transphobic censors in Nigeria, then sign this petition and get your friends to do so.