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The SA National Editors' Forum has called on the Zondo commission to release the names of journalists who were allegedly paid by the State Security Agency to report positively on former president Jacob Zuma.
South African journalist Sam Sole on landmark court victory: “2008 surveillance was the tip of the iceberg” By Angela Quintal/CPJ Africa Program Coordinator South Africa journalist Sam Sole, of the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism, spoke to CPJ about the 2008 surveillance he was subjected to and a recent landmark Constitutional Court ruling. (amaBhungane) Listen to article South Africa’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, handed down a landmark judgment on February 4 that not only protects journalists and their sources from surveillance abuse, but also upheld a low...
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has defended former president Jacob Zuma’s defiant stance towards testifying at the commission of inquiry into state capture. Speaking to reporters outside the family home of late SA Communist Party stalwart Moses Kotane, Magashule asked journalists what wrong Zuma had done because he did not see fault with the latter’s behaviour. Magashule insisted that there would be no reason to suspend the former statesman. Magashule said Zuma “has a right to do whatever he wants to do” and asked: “Why should we suspend a person who believes in what he believ...
The indemnification of pharmaceutical companies against “serious adverse events” during the vaccination process is internationally regarded as a vital precursor to the widespread roll-out of vaccines and forms part of all the current existing contracts. Normally, pharmaceutical companies can insure against the risk of some of its vaccines causing harm which typically happens in a minuscule proportion of cases. But the astronomical size of the Coronavirus vaccine roll-out means even this tiny risk could turn into a huge financial risk to the producers of vaccines. Consequently, governm...
WATCH | Somizi won't apologise to journalists amid accusations of 'abuse' and 'intimidation' “I am not apologising for what I did. I would never sell my soul to put bread on the table, I would rather die standing than live longer on my knees,” said Somizi. Somizi refused to apologise to journalists. Image: Gallo Images/Oupa Bopape Choreographer and media personality Somizi Mhlongo-Motaung has made it clear that he has no intention of “apologising” to journalists he “abused” and whose contact details he shared on social media. The SA National Editors' Forum (...