March 28, 2019

News Attacks on journalists are putting SA media freedom on the backfoot

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By Baatile Mohale 41 Comments

28 March 2019, News24, Palesa Dlamini

At the launch, which was held at Media Park in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening, most of the panellists agreed that journalistic freedom of expression was under threat

The panel included South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) chairperson Mahlatse Mahlase, City Press’s head of investigations Nicki Güles, Media Monitoring Africa’s head of policy and quality programme Thandi Smith, Africa Check deputy editor Noko Makgato, amaBhungane journalist Susan Comrie and News24’s editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson.

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