When #RespekTheDoek trends: would we want SA television to look like Western television?

There has been a tremendous uproar all over social media due to the pulling off of a journalistic piece that was covering Africa Day.

In it, eNCA Arts Journalist, Nontobeko Sibisi was was wearing a doek - this has been the reason given for its being pulled off air. And cue Nontobeko's tweets: 

What is the cultural and social significance of the doek? 

SA Heritage Ambassador Award recipient and Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute alum, Tando Songwevu elaborates: "We are in South Africa and the doek is part of our culture. In Southern Africa, the name is actually influenced by the Afrikaans name for 'cloth' which is 'doek' and of course in countries around the continent, the name is adopted to local languages and dialects. In Zimbabwe, we call it 'dhuku', in Setswana, they call it 'duku' and in Malawi. So that is basically part of our culture and especially in this phase because we are in the African Renaissance phase where people are going back to their identities, trying to find out who they are."

Social media has been abuzz as a result: 

eNCA Editor-in-Chief Anton Harber has meanwhile issued a statement: 

Do you believe this is an issue? Shouldn't we have an African aesthetic with our news outlets? Let Martin know.