The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) and a group of journalists will square off with the EFF in the Equality Court in Pretoria. Sanef approached the court following intimidation of journalists on social media.
It wants to stop the EFF leadership from threatening journalist and publishing their personal details on public platforms.
Sanef also wants the court to order the EFF to publicly apologise to journalists listed as complainants in this case. These include News24 editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson, journalists Pauli van Wyk, Ranjeni Munusamy and others.
Sanef says it’s approached the court to defend the freedom of the media.
You might also like…Joburg is broke and Herman Mashaba must go: ANC
The ANC Johannesburg region has announced plans to dethrone mayor Herman Mashaba by August 22. At a press conference in the Johannesburg city centre on Friday, the ANC claimed the city was “broke”, thanks to “mismanagement” and “maladministration” by Mashaba. It said the council only had R2bn in its bank account, all of which did not belong to the city.
Of this, charged ANC Johannesburg regional secretary Dada Morero, R950m was owed by the city to residents, while R1.4bn was taken from the “sinking fund” and R200m was due to unspent grants…Read more here
Source: eNCA
