The ruling ANC has distanced itself from the decisions being made at the SABC. This follows a string of protests by the public and civil society after the suspension of SABC journalists and the resignation of the public broadcaster’s acting CEO‚ Jimi Matthews."The ANC does not support any censorship at the SABC.ANC does not condone SABC censorship – MthembuThe SABC cannot decide what people can or cannot watch. This is in contravention of the Constitution‚ the ANC's communications subcommittee head, Jackson Mthembu, said on Tuesday. "We have jealously guarded the right to freedom of expression and have never hesitated to speak in favour of media freedom wherever and whenever allegations of media censorship of any kind were raised‚’ said ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu at Luthuli House on Tuesday.SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has made editorial and policy changes which the ANC says are against the law.Mthembu said Hlaudi's decisional changes amounted to a change in a policy position of the governing party without any due engagement on its merits and reasoning."Further‚ significant policy changes such as this in South Africa undergo an extensive public participation process‚ to canvass opinions of the South African people and to obtain consensus on a matter [as] this too has not been done‚" said Mthembu. Activists on Friday called for a meeting with Motsoeneng to review the suspension and intimidation of journalists at the institution and called on the national broadcaster to withdraw revised and adopted 2016 editorial policies‚ which included a blanket ban on protests."Any policy changes or editorial decisions by the SABC limited by the SABC can never be sanctioned by the ANC‚" added Mthembu.He said the ruling party was opposed to any infringement of people's rights...