Sanef
Sanef calls for immediate end to surveillance of SA journalists
Daily Maverick journalist Marianne Thamm said her home was broken into by crime intelligence resulting in her work laptops being stolen.
Sanef said the abuse, which included rape threats, was uncalled for and has called for media freedom to be protected.
Brown passed away on Thursday morning after suffering from COVID-19 complications.
Jacob Zuma defied a ConCourt order to appear before the commission. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the message for his predecessor was very simple: he must abide by the Constitution.
President Cyril Ramaphosa had a Q&A with Sanef on Friday. He was asked to comment on the Zuma vs Zondo commission debacle. #Zuma #Ramaphosa #zondo
President Cyril Ramaphosa had a Q&A with Sanef and journalists on Friday. Sanef chair Sbu Ngalwa addressed the eNCA mask incident, in which a reporter appeared to only ask black people she interviewed to wear masks, and Ramaphosa expressed his views.
He said no one was above the law, including former President Jacob Zuma, who has defied a Constitutional Court order by refusing to appear before the Zondo commission.
The engagement is part of the president’s ongoing dialogue with different sectors of society.
Sanef said its worried about the ethical breaches in the opinion piece, which undermines the work currently being done to rebuild trust between the media and the public.
The ethical breach by Jacques Pauw undermines the work currently under way to rebuild trust between the media and the public, writes Sanef.
In a statement following its first council meeting, Sanef said that the commission needed to release the names of the journalists and media houses where there was evidence to back up the claims.
Sanef said it was encouraged to hear about the swift interventions of law enforcement agencies who reacted to the attacks and thanked the SAPS for its prompt response.
On Saturday, two journalists were assaulted at a protest in Fish Hoek.
Sanef is calling for action against Mhlongo after he insulted Sunday World and City Press journalists and published their phone numbers online prompting threats against them from his followers.
It's understood Mhlongo-Motaung attacked the journalists from the 'Sunday World' and the 'City Press' after they offered him right of reply on separate stories they were publishing last week.
The journalists were offering Mhlongo a right of reply on separate stories they were publishing last week.
Between July 2019 and March 2020, the three-person panel consulted 167 individuals and entities, and perused close to 200 documents.
A 300-page report was commissioned by Sanef in June 2019 and followed an inquiry into the publication and retraction of a series of reports in the Sunday Times between 2011 and 2016.
The report was compiled by a panel which was headed by retired Judge Kathleen Satchwell and journalists Nikiwe Bikitsha and Rich Mkhondo.