South African National Editors’ Forum commends the bravery of the country’s journalists, who are working under very difficult conditions while navigating the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. The recent unrests in Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal saw journalists’ lives being threatened and at least 5 radio stations attacked, and their equipment stolen.
SANEF held a virtual non-elective Annual General Meeting, on Saturday 14 August, and discussed several issues including the challenges facing the industry – from media freedom, media sustainability, training of journalists ahead of the elections, access to information, education & training, and support for community media.
The AGM reasserted the pivotal role that journalism continues to play in our constitutional democracy and the importance of the work that has earnestly started to get the media industry to be financially sustainable.
Sbu Ngalwa, SANEF chairperson, said: “We have a lot of work ahead of us as an industry. We are now fully engaged with the work towards the sustainability of our profession. Members attending this AGM yet again reiterated their commitment and support to all efforts to ensure that we continue to enjoy a strong and independent media which produces quality journalism”.
Five community radio stations support
SANEF has decided to support five community stations that were recently affected by the unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The five stations, Intokozo FM in Umlazi, Kasie FM in Katlehong, Alex FM in Alexandra, Mams FM in Mamelodi and Westside FM 98.9 MHz in Kagiso, will each been assisted with R20 000 to use towards the purchase of equipment they need as they work towards recovery, fully focused on serving their communities once more. The five stations were also specially recognised at the Nat Nakasa Awards, held on Saturday evening in Johannesburg.
The Covid -19 pandemic has meant new challenges for journalists, who play a crucial role in informing people during the pandemic, with journalists working for community media being the most disadvantaged in terms of knowledge and supplies such as data.
Journalists face growing challenges in fulfilling their role as they report in an emergency of this nature. Hugely prevalent has been the dis- and mis- information scourge, which has run rampant, leaving the media to deal with copious amounts of dubious information. Media practitioners have also had to find new sources and new ways of accessing these sources as they report about Covid-19, and challenges brought by the pandemic.
“Community media plays a pivotal role in informing our communities. Journalists in this sector, and other sectors such as mainstream, have in the past two years played a masterful role to inform their audiences. This training will come in handy as we empower our journalists to be upskilled, as they report on this pandemic, and other challenges in the near future,” says Reggy Moalusi, SANEF’s Executive Director.
The training has been funded and supported by the Open Society Foundation-SA.
“It is for this reason, that SANEF is providing training to these journalists, building on the foundation of the Reporting the Pandemic Guide already produced,” he continued.
The workshops will be based on the existing guide, the compilation of which was informed by the collaboration of media practitioners, including community journalists, and education experts.
“With this training, journalists will be able to protect themselves and their sources, while educating their audiences” says Dr Sandra Roberts, Academic Head of fraycollege.
fraycollege has been contracted to develop and provide this training.
We encourage community journalists to apply to join. Those who do join will get data to attend the online workshops.
Deadline for applications is March 21, 2022. Sign up here.
For more information on the training contact Sandra Roberts, fraycollege, 084 9000 344, [email protected].
For media enquiries, contact Reggy Moalusi, Executive Director, SANEF, 071 682 3695, [email protected].
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) in partnership with Sanlam would like to formally invite you to our webinar; The role of the digital economy in South African media post Covid-19.
Please see below details of the webinar and the zoom link for connection.
Topic: Webinar: The role of the digital economy in South African media post Covid-19
Reporting the Pandemic is a handbook that has been in circulation and available as an online, printable resource for all journalists since July 2021. It was developed, issued, and is managed by the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF).
Following numerous requests from editors, senior editorial staff, and journalists, SANEF is now seeking bids from training providers to use the newly developed Sanef manual on Reporting the Pandemic:
to create training content.
create five online training live webinar/ workshop/hybrids (Covid-19 protocols permitting) sessions, material packs and PowerPoint presentations to be used in newsrooms around the country on reporting the pandemic and related safety mechanisms.
the five webinars and the production of five podcasts should be posted alongside the text on the SANEF website for easy access.
workshop material packs should highlight covering the pandemic safety, disinformation, and online tools
Prospective bidders must note that resources should not be simply recorded or merely text-based lectures. Rather, SANEF is seeking imaginative proposals to create engaging, interactive sessions – for example, a live teaching session or panel discussion enhanced by interactive elements; a podcast or a short video/graphic presentation – which should be:
between 20-40 minutes each in duration.
contain interactive elements to foster learning; and
focus not on rote teaching of formalities, but on broader principles/topics (such as Mental health, the basics of health and science reporting, vaccines efficacy, its effectiveness, and economics of the production of vaccines. fact-checking Covid-19 disinformation, misinformation, and stigma) all underlying information and what is associated with the pandemic.
Proposals should detail the content proposed for each session, the format envisaged, and a timeframe for producing all five sessions, as well as total cost with budget heads indicated.
Send your proposal in writing to Dzudzie Netshisaulu by email: [email protected]
DEADLINE: Midnight, Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Note to Editors: The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is a non-profit organisation whose members are editors, senior journalists, and journalism trainers from all areas of the South African media. We are committed to championing South Africa’s hard-won freedom of expression and promoting quality, ethics, and diversity in the South African media. We promote excellence in journalism through fighting for media freedom, writing policy submissions, research and education and training programmes. SANEF is not a union.
“Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them,” said George Eliot, an English journalist, poet, novelist, and translator. What Eliot said certainly resonates with us as the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), as we once more note the untimely passing of three journalists.
SANEF would like to send its condolences to the families, colleagues, friends of Ragani Achary, Ivor Powell, and Glacier Nkhwashu. Achary is a veteran broadcast journalist, Powell is a veteran print journalist and Nkhwashu is a print journalist.
Achary passed on due to Covid-19 complications, Powell passed on after a short illness while Nkhwashu was hit and killed by a truck on Wednesday in Modjadji, Limpopo.
Ragani Achary
Achary (48), Head of News at Hot 102.7 FM, worked for television stations such as eNCA and SABC. She is well-respected within broadcast media and for the nurturing of young reporters. Achary also worked for various radio stations, such as Capital radio 604.
Mary Papayya, SANEF’s Media Freedom chairperson, said: “I have known Rags, as we fondly called, her for nearly thirty years. She was one of the finest broadcast journalists of our time. Her loss leaves a huge gap. When I was her editor at East Coast Radio, she was one of the most hard-working senior journalists on the team.
“Rags had a flair for telling stories of human interest – from urban to rural and live reporting was her favourite. She was once severely injured during a protest, shielding an innocent bystander. Bleeding in the face, she still filed her story until instructed to seek medical attention from the nearby paramedics.
“She was a brave woman and had overcome personal tragedy and so many life challenges in her career. She loved mentoring the young interns with great passion, a task many senior journalists in the newsroom would not undertake. Condolences to her family and all who knew her.”
Ivor Powell
Powell started his career as an arts journalist with the then Weekly Mail, managing to write a piece in the paper’s first edition in 1985. Years later, Powell started to write more investigative pieces, with the first being the exposure of death squads. Powell continued being an investigative reporter at The Star in the early 1990s, he then went on to join Vrye Weekblad. Powell has also worked for the then Scorpions in the early 2000s.
Powell was credited with being the first journalist to break the arms deal story. He also worked for publications such as Mail & Guardian and as head of investigations at Independent Newspapers.
Glacier Nkhwashu
Nkhwashu worked for titles such as Daily Sun, Sowetan, Opera News and The South African. She also had a stint working with the Congress of the People.
When she passed on, she was back as a freelance journalist for Daily Sun, based in Limpopo. While with Daily Sun during her first stint, she won the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Award and was a Media24 Legends Award winner.
Mapula Nkosi, Daily Sun Editor-in-Chief, said: “What a talented storyteller Glacier was. A consummate professional. She had an amazing knack of digging out unique human-interest stories that in the newsrooms we simply call gems. When out on a story, she did not need any briefing as she would cover all the basics making sure that where she has passed there were no crumbs left for any other writer to pick up. We are thinking of her family in this difficult time. During such a huge loss and sorrow, our deepest sympathies go out to them.”
Note to Editors: The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is a non-profit organisation whose members are editors, senior journalists, and journalism trainers from all areas of the South African media. We are committed to championing South Africa’s hard-won freedom of expression and promoting quality, ethics, and diversity in the South African media. We promote excellence in journalism through fighting for media freedom, writing policy submissions, research and education and training programmes. SANEF is not a union.
Unemployed journalists across South Africa continue to face financial constraints as the media fraternity continue to deal with challenges such as jobs losses and titles’ closures.
It’s for this reason, among others, that the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) yet again invites journalists that remain unemployed to apply to our Media Relief Fund, started last years as the impact of Covid-19 was being felt across the journalism profession, not only here at home, but globally.
We encourage all journalists who lost their jobs and income as a direct result of the Covid-19 national disaster whose organisations shut down or scaled back and or drastically reduced their income to submit their applications with all relevant and supporting documentation as soon as possible to be considered for the fifth round of the Media Relief Fund. Unfortunately, this would be the last round of applications.
Working in conjunction with the Social Justice Initiative (SJI), we wish to report that the Media Relief Fund’s previous four rounds of disbursements of relief resources saw over 400 affected journalists benefiting from the R1,714,965.00 that has been disbursed.
Background
Since the call was made last year for assistance towards financially constrained journalists, we saw positive responses of donations from corporates, donors, and individual partners. These included several journalists and ex-journalists who have been worried about the plight of their colleagues. Collectively, we have raised a total of R4 870 067. We received our first donation to kick-start the fund from MTN SA. This was followed by funds from FNB Accounts (First Rand), Yellowwoods NPC, Allan Gray (Pty) Ltd, Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Development Trust, OSF – SA, Standard Bank, and Old Mutual.
In terms of the criteria, we have called for the following people to apply: Struggling journalists especially those from community media platforms around the country, freelance or contract journalists. People need to have been retrenched or had their contracts cancelled from the date of the implementation of the national lockdown on March 26th, 2020 – or thereafter – as a result of Covid-19. Photographers, print, Magazines, Community print, broadcast and multimedia journalists are all included.
Please see a link to the application form here.
Further, we would like to thank our team of industry stalwarts who have made up our independent panel of adjudicators – including Mathatha Tsedu, Joe Thloloe, Melody Emmett and the late Wandile Fana as well as Anlo Financial Services. The panel has played a critical role in adjudicating all applications and Anlo has played an important role in the initial processing of all documentation.
Note to Editors: The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is a non-profit organisation whose members are editors, senior journalists, and journalism trainers from all areas of the South African media. We are committed to championing South Africa’s hard-won freedom of expression and promoting quality, ethics and diversity in the South African media. We promote excellence in journalism through fighting for media freedom, writing policy submissions, research and education and training programmes. SANEF is not a union.
South African National Editors’ Forum commends the bravery of the country’s journalists, who are working under very difficult conditions while navigating the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. The recent unrests in Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal saw journalists’ lives being threatened and at least 5 radio stations attacked, and their equipment stolen.
SANEF held a virtual non-elective Annual General Meeting, on Saturday 14 August, and discussed several issues including the challenges facing the industry – from media freedom, media sustainability, training of journalists ahead of the elections, access to information, education & training, and support for community media.
The AGM reasserted the pivotal role that journalism continues to play in our constitutional democracy and the importance of the work that has earnestly started to get the media industry to be financially sustainable.
Sbu Ngalwa, SANEF chairperson, said: “We have a lot of work ahead of us as an industry. We are now fully engaged with the work towards the sustainability of our profession. Members attending this AGM yet again reiterated their commitment and support to all efforts to ensure that we continue to enjoy a strong and independent media which produces quality journalism”.
Five community radio stations support
SANEF has decided to support five community stations that were recently affected by the unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The five stations, Intokozo FM in Umlazi, Kasie FM in Katlehong, Alex FM in Alexandra, Mams FM in Mamelodi and Westside FM 98.9 MHz in Kagiso, will each been assisted with R20 000 to use towards the purchase of equipment they need as they work towards recovery, fully focused on serving their communities once more. The five stations were also specially recognised at the Nat Nakasa Awards, held on Saturday evening in Johannesburg.
Covid-19
Since our last AGM in August 2020, Covid-19 has continued to cause pain and destruction to our industry. It has done so not only through the loss of jobs and revenue, but we have lost a number of colleagues to the pandemic. SANEF sends its condolences to their families and colleagues. We have also seen our frontline reporting staff going out to cover stories and risking infection, which has affected newsroom operations. Importantly, working closely with the government, we managed to get most of our media workers under the age of 35 vaccinated. An achievement made possible through working closely with the Department of Health and the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and ultimately, the National Coronavirus Command Council.
Media Freedom
Recently, an unprecedented number of journalists have been threatened for doing their job. In some extreme instances they have been threatened with death, for no reason other than the colour of their skin or the media house they work for or for simply doing their work.
We continue to condemn these as these instances of intimidation have grown since our last AGM. Media freedom remains sacrosanct, and we will continue to defend it as one of our guiding principles as an organisation. SANEF continues to call on law enforcement agencies, political parties and members of the public to respect the work of journalists and to allow them to do their work, without any fear or favour. We will continue speaking out against transgressions when it comes to media freedom, not only in South Africa, but throughout the continent as we continue to work closely with partner organisations such as the Southern African Editors Forum, The African Editors Forum, Committee to Protect Journalists, International Federation of Journalists and WAN-IFRA.
Education and training
On training, SANEF continues to be heavily invested in the training of young and mid-career journalists as we seek to enable them to not only be better reporters, but excellent media managers who can ensure the future of a vibrant media industry in our country.
Reporting the Pandemic
SANEF undertook a consultative process with community, health, and other journalists to develop a guide for reporting on Covid-19 in South Africa. The “Reporting the Pandemic ” guide highlights the importance of good local Covid-19 coverage and provides journalists and media practitioners with the much-needed technical understanding to accurately convey information about the pandemic. The guide was developed by SANEF and FrayCollege – sponsored by Internews SA to assist journalists and media practitioners to navigate the novel experience of working during a global pandemic.
Elections Training
SANEF has started the work of training reporters to enable them to cover local government elections and to understand municipal finances ahead of the local government elections. We have expanded our 2019 elections portal, with a range of reporting resources – including a local government and election data dashboard and training material. – see elections.sanef.org.za. The portal has been designed so that it’s easier to add materials for future elections. On the safety of journalists during the election period, the portal contains a quick guide for journalists on the best ways to report online and other harassment directly to the police, the SA Human Rights Commission and the IEC. Journalists will also be able to submit requests to SANEF for support with complaints. Community and first-time election reporters will also be able to access some of the online resources through Pocket Reporter, a mobile app which features templates for election stories.
Reporting the Courts
We are finalising a Reporting the Courts manual, to ensure that reporters are equipped to accurately cover, understand some of the complex legalese and also grasp sensitivities when it comes to reporting on Gender-Based Violence and cases involving children. The manuscript of the Reporting the Courts handbook has been fully revised and was sent out to a small focus group of readers for comment. It is now in the final stages of correction and proof-reading in response to those readers’ comments and some very recent court judgments impacting on content (e.g., the ConCourt ruling on the Jon Qwelane case). A respected judge has been invited to write the foreword. Once this is received, proofed, and inserted, the manuscript will be ready for layout as an online but printable on demand publication. We will also print a minimal number of courtesy hard copies for donors, contributors etc.
Mental Health and Journalists – SANEF/SADAG partnership
SANEF launched a critically important partnership with the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) to prioritise newsroom and reporter wellness. Many of our colleagues suffer from deep trauma, anxiety, and depression – the effects of which can be absolutely devastating. A very successful webinar has already been held and the programme will be rolled-out to newsrooms across the country.
We encourage journalists to use the SMS service (31985). The service – which includes individual counselling – is available free of charge.
Media Sustainability
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, SANEF managed to raise money to provide relief for journalists who have lost their jobs during the lockdown period. We would like to thank all our funders who put financial resources behind our Media Relief Fund. Four successful rounds have been completed so far, with close to R1,7 million being disbursed. Recently, an announcement was made for the fifth and last round of applications.
After this round, all efforts will now be directed towards journalism sustainability as SANEF leads with research aimed at finding sustainable business models that ensure the future of journalism in South Africa.
The recent research by SANEF which culminated in the report titled, Media Sustainability and Universal Access to Public Interest Journalism, made several recommendations including:
Appointment of a steering committee of SANEF members, stakeholders and media owners to drive sustainable journalism initiatives and engagements
Commissioning of follow-up research on the nature, scope, and operations of a news media sustainability fund; sources of income for such a fund; and related issues including the co-existence of news media and tech platforms in the digital economy and interactions in this regard with the Competition Commission – a proposal from the authors of the original research report is currently under consideration
Engagement with the International Fund for Public Interest Media on their proposal to use South Africa as a pilot project, and to explore collaborative initiatives in support of the global fund and the proposed SA fund
Engagement with tech platform policy managers on the proposals in the report
Further consultations on free or zero-rated access to online public interest news content, based on research done by for instance Research ICT Africa
Media policy engagements with GCIS and the minister in the presidency on proposals regarding different forms of state support for public interest journalism; and to implement the commitments in the International Partnership on Information and Democracy, endorsed by SA
New Minister in the Presidency
SANEF welcomes the appointment of a new Minister in the Presidency, Mr. Mondli Gungubele. We are hopeful we will continue to have a fruitful working relationship with his ministry as we seek to not only partner with the government to ensure media sustainability but also to have robust engagement with the president and his executive.
We had already started engagements with the late Jackson Mthembu to discuss media sustainability and we hope Minister Gungubele will continue with those discussions in due course. We hope President Cyril Ramaphosa will honour his promise to have regular engagement with the media and to take questions when he addresses the nation on various major decisions and announcements by his government.
Note to Editors: The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is a non-profit organisation whose members are editors, senior journalists, and journalism trainers from all areas of the South African media. We are committed to championing South Africa’s hard-won freedom of expression and promoting quality, ethics, and diversity in the South African media. We promote excellence in journalism through fighting for media freedom, writing policy submissions, research and education and training programmes. SANEF is not a union.
We have learnt with heavy hearts the news of the passing of Sidwell Molantoa Medupe, the spokesperson for the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC). Sidwell passed away due to Covid-19 complications.
He worked closely with members of the media and was one of the dependable government communicators.
As the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) we join other colleagues in sending our condolences to the Medupe family, his friends, and government colleagues on the sudden loss of Sidwell.
Sidwell started his career with the SABC, before he left the public broadcaster to join the North West department of Public Works. SANEF members work closely with government communicators, hence our sense of loss at the passing of Sidwell.
Puleng Magape, Gauteng Assignment Editor at the SABC, said: “I worked with Sidwell in 1996 at the SABC in Weavind Park, Pretoria. He joined us on the 1st of June 1996 as a journalist. I remember him as a hardworking reporter who was not discouraged by the then editors who didn’t like his heavy slow voice.
“He fought tooth and nail to be on air and he did very well.
He covered lots of protest stories in Pretoria’s townships and had a passion for development stories too. Sidwell was very humble, patient, and diligent. We interacted a lot with him as a spokesperson after he left SABC. I will miss his daily spiritual messages which he used to send to me without fail. May he rest in peace,” said Magape.
SABC’s Economics Reporter, Liabo Setho, said: “What a shock to learn of Sidwell’s passing. For many years I have leaned on his support and professionalism as spokesperson of the dtic, which he carried out with grace and diligence always. It was always reassuring that we as reporters could easily get hold of him to arrange for an urgent comment or to ‘ask a quick question’.
“This is a deep loss for us media professionals. Sidwell will always be remembered for the softness in his voice, his friendly nature and non-aggressive persuasion, a perfect example of an exceptional communicator. Robala ka Kagiso Motho omontle!”
Note to Editors: The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is a non-profit organisation whose members are editors, senior journalists, and journalism trainers from all areas of the South African media. We are committed to championing South Africa’s hard-won freedom of expression and promoting quality, ethics, and diversity in the South African media. We promote excellence in journalism through fighting for media freedom, writing policy submissions, research and education and training programmes. SANEF is not a union.
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is saddened that the deadly Covid-19 pandemic continues to claim more journalist’s lives. We are mourning the death of four- specialist colleagues who excelled in their craft.
SANEF has learnt with great sadness of the passing of former SABC football analyst Coudjoe Amankwaa who died last Friday, Business Report (BR) journalist, Sandile Mchunu, former Daily Sun journalist, Sonqoba Kunene, died on Sunday. On Thursday morning, we learnt of the passing of Khopotso Bodibe, a former producer on SAFM, and later Health-E news died during the week.
Sandile Mchunu
Sandile died at the weekend after experiencing chest pains and couldn’t breathe. For days, he couldn’t get access to a doctor and when he finally managed to, he was immediately admitted to the hospital.
His colleagues described Sandile as a young, reliable, and totally dependable company reporter.
“A humble man, but always positive, a gentle soul, with a lovely laugh that brightened our days here at BR – no matter the prevailing environment. Always willing to go the extra mile, he had a bright future ahead of him. We journalists tend to be desk-bound and lazy. However, Sandile, with his thirst for life, ran the comrades. We were proud of him in his endeavours – on the road and off it. Never in a million thoughts, did I believe his light would be extinguished so soon – too soon,” wrote Philippa Larkin.
Sonqoba Kunene
Former Daily Sun journalist Sonqoba Kunene died last Sunday due to Covid-19 related complications following a week-long hospitalisation, according to information shared by his brother, Siyabonga.
He worked for Daily Sun as a journalist for over a decade reporting on news and politics. He also contributed articles to the Sedibeng Ster in the Vaal. At the time of his death, he was in the communications department of the Emfuleni Municipality.
Mapula Nkosi, Daily Sun’s Editor-in-Chief said: “The devastation of the coronavirus’ third wave has been felt deeply in the Daily Sun newsroom with the passing of former colleague Sonqoba less than two weeks after another SunMan Muntu Nkosi who was buried on July 16.”
“At such a young and productive age, his death leaves us bereft. It also leaves journalism poorer as we still looked forward to Sonqoba’s contribution. Our deepest condolences go out to his family,”
Coudjoe Amankwaa
Coudjoe died last Friday last week. SA Football Association (Safa) stakeholder relations director, Dominic Chimhavi, said Coudjoe from a cardiac arrest.
Born in Ghana, though he was a naturalised South African at the time of his death, Coudjoe was rushed to Sandton’s Mediclinic when he “couldn’t wake up for supper and upon arrival at the hospital he was declared dead”, Dominic said via WhatsApp on Friday night.
Dominic said Coudjoe will be remembered as having been an affable, approachable member of the SA football community. “He came to SA in 1994 and started working for Sowetan. And then he joined the Citizen, and from the Citizen, he joined the SABC.
“I am writing this with a heavy heart… Our friend, colleague and fellow, football lover, Coudjoe has suddenly passed away this evening. He was truly loved and was known as ‘Malume’. May His Soul Rest in Eternal Peace. I miss you already.” Tweeted Christophe Bongo, who had worked on SABC TV with Coudjoe, including on the hugely popular weekly SoccerZone show.
Khopotso Bodibe
Khopotso was regional programmes unit media and communications specialist for Sisonke gender justice also died this week of Covid-19 related complications.
Many journalists will remember him when he was a producer on SAFM and later Health-E news. He continued finding and reporting on health-related stories and address mental illness among other challenging topics weekly on Channel Africa on Tuesdays. He produced his ground-breaking programme “Living with HIV” package which was broadcast in more than one language on SABC radio stations and community radio.
Go well, Khops – thanks for the love and the hugs and for always fighting the good fight. The world is a poorer place. I know wherever you are, you will be the snappiest dresser. I hope you know how loved you were. Rest in peace “my liefie,” wrote Anso Thom, Health-e colleague and friend.
Mpiwa Mangwiro, his colleague at Sonke Gender Justice said: “I am personally indebted for his support in doing my advocacy work in the region. Many times, he helped profile and illuminate those efforts and constantly gave advice on what could be done better. It is unbelievable that he is gone. You ran your race so well. The beautiful memories we shared will remain dear in my heart.”
Kerry Cullinan, former editor of Health-e-News Service described Khopotso as a man of principle, dignity and honour who loved humanity deeply. “May we honour him in return and never forget his contribution to the struggle for justice in the health sector.”
SANEF expresses its heartfelt condolences to their family and the media fraternity. They will live on in the hearts of those they touched, for nothing loved is ever lost. Their zest for life will be missed. May their dear soul rest in eternal peace.
Note to Editors: The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is a non-profit organisation whose members are editors, senior journalists, and journalism trainers from all areas of the South African media. We are committed to championing South Africa’s hard-won freedom of expression and promoting quality, ethics, and diversity in the South African media. We promote excellence in journalism through fighting for media freedom, writing policy submissions, research and education and training programmes. SANEF is not a union.
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