The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has launched an urgent court bid to stop the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) from implementing its decision to censor reporting of protests.
Die arbeidshof in Johannesburg het vandag bevind dat die SAUK se afdanking van die vier joernaliste onwettig is. Daarby moet die SAUK die joernaliste onmiddellik weer in hul poste aanstel. Die hof het voorts ʼn interdik teen enige verdere dissiplinêre aksie teen Foeta Krige, Suna Venter, Krivani Pillay en Jacques Steenkamp ingestel. Die persone verantwoordelik vir die afdanking van die joernaliste moet voorts binne vyf dae aan die hof motiveer waarom hulle nie in hul persoonlike hoedanigheid…
Four of the SABC journalists that were axed by the broadcaster must be reinstated, the Labour Court in Johannesburg has ruled.
Fired SABC journalists Suna Venter and Ivor Price hug each other during their case against the corporation at the Labour Court on July 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images / Beeld / Felix Dlangamandla)
The South African Communist Party (SACP) has called for a complete overhaul of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board. "I think that its an issue that we will further engage. In fact our view is that the board must be recused.