The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is happy to announce that important progress has been made regarding the independent Media Ethics and Credibility Inquiry. The Panel of Enquiry was launched at the end of June 2019, with funding raised by SANEF. The Inquiry is run by an independent panel,…
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On 16 January 2020, the South African National Editors’ Forum condemns in strongest terms the SAPS official who barred journalists from using electronic devices, including laptops and taking pictures inside the Durban Commercial Crimes court during the appearance of former Ethekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede yesterday. The case was adjourned to…
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) mourns on 14 January 2020 the death of veteran journalist, Rex Gibson. Gibson, who was the last editor of respected South African newspaper, The Rand Daily Mail and who was at the coalface of the Apartheid era’s most vicious censorship laws died yesterday….
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is deeply concerned on 19 December 2019, by allegations from former senior eNCA journalist, Samkele Maseko that eNCA’s Kanthan Pillay had censored stories in the newsroom. The censoring of journalists, who report in ethical and responsible ways is anathema in our industry and…
EFF Leader Julius Malema By Branko Brkic of Daily Maverick • 14 December 2019 A fierce debate is currently raging on an important question: should the media pull out of covering the EFF National People’s Assembly, following the ‘banning’ of the journalists from Daily Maverick, Scorpio, amaBhungane and possibly other media…
EFF leadership On 13 December 2019, the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) calls for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to include a diversity of journalists at its elective conference opening today. SANEF has learnt that the EFF has denied access to journalists from Daily Maverick, Scorpio, amaBhungane, Rapport and…
The explosion of the multimedia sector is attracting restrictive media laws that have been the bane of print media for many years, warned Jovial Rantao, chairperson of The African Editors Forum. You can access Jovial Rantao’s speech here He told members of the forum at the opening of the Freedom of…
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) has learnt that both the national and provincial spheres of government have discriminated against several community media journalists in Limpopo on Tuesday 26 November 2019. The journalists were invited on a trip to cover the launch of 16 days of activism, including a…
The South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) welcomes today’s’ SABC Board statement in response to a story in the Sunday Times of 24th November 2019 titled: “SABC asks spooks to spy on staff” stating that it will not place journalists under surveillance. The SABC has stated that it does engage…