Intimidation and bullying of journalists by authorities – including the Hawks – is on the rise prompting an outcry from the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF). In a statement on Friday, SANEF said a number of incidents have taken place at a time when the forum was trying to[…]
The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) called for evidence to be brought forward following claims that about 40 journalists were involved in a deliberate smear campaign against struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela during apartheid. On Wednesday, eNCA aired the documentary ‘Winnie’, in which she claimed there were journalists working under[…]
The South African National Editors’ Forum has condemned the raid at author Jacques Pauw’s Riebeek Kasteel home, saying it is a threat to media freedom. Pauw’s house was raided by the crimes against the state unit of the Hawks. “The speculation at the moment is that rogue elements in the[…]
Chaos erupted at the 54th National Conference moments before the newly appointed president of the African National Conference addressed media at the Progressive Business Forum stalls. This followed over an hour wait for the first media address by Cyril Ramaphosa as the 14th president of the ruling party, frustrated members[…]
Investigative journalists Jacques Pauw and Pieter-Louis Myburgh, who have both written about alleged corrupt relationships involving President Jacob Zuma, have been summoned to a meeting at a police station. In a letter to their lawyer on Thursday, seen by News24, Cluster Detective coordinator of Ethekwini Outer North, a Colonel ‘R[…]
The High Court in Johannesburg will on Tuesday hear arguments why the BLF and its leader should be found in contempt of an order preventing it from intimidating journalists. On July 7, the court granted an order to the SA National Editors’ Forum and 11 journalists, interdicting Black First Land[…]
The SA National Editors’ Forum expressed concern about reports, including video footage, of journalists being intimidated and harassed by protesters and police while covering student protests across the country. ” In particular the police’s heavy-handed approach at the Union Buildings affected journalists from a number of media houses including EWN[…]
The South African National Editor’s Forum (Sanef) says local media should never forget the darkest days of censorship in South Africa, and need also take a minute to think about where it currently stands in terms of its freedom to report. The declaration comes a day after the 28th anniversary[…]
The media and the ANC might not always agree, but there is consensus on the question of erasing criminal defamation from the country’s common law. “We were very pleased in April when we discovered that the ANC actually expressed a view that criminal defamation doesn’t belong in the criminal sphere[…]
The SA National Editors’ Forum has expressed its shock over the refusal to allow the media to accompany a parliamentary committee visiting President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home on Wednesday. In a letter to Cedric Frolick, chairperson of the Nkandla ad hoc committee, Sanef said it believed it had a duty to[…]
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