A victory for media freedom but the danger remains

28 July 2016 - 10:39

By The Times Editorial

We will celebrate fully only once the threat to media freedom at the SABC has been removed. We welcome the news that seven journalists fired for standing up against censorship have been reinstated, but the danger remains.SABC chief induna Hlaudi Motsoeneng still believes his decisions were based on sound judgment and that he was doing the nation a big service.

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