The SABC has been fighting cases in the courts using the taxpayers' money but this could be stopped after yesterday's Labour Court judgment, says Solidarity. Four of the SABC journalists fired last week for speaking out against censorship - Foeta Krige, Suna Venter, Krivani Pillay and Jacques Steenkamp - approached the Labour Court on Friday to be reinstated.Labour Court Judge Robert la Grange ruled their dismissal unlawful yesterday and said they could return to work today.La Grange also ordered those who fired the journalists to tell the court why they should not be held personally liable for the costs of the journalists' application.SABC GM of radio news and current affairs, Sebolelo Ditlhakanyane, and acting group executive of news and current affairs, Malolo Tebele, have until Tuesday to do so.Holding public servants personally responsible for legal costs only happens in "exceptional cases" said Solidarity's Johan Kruger.He said the SABC leadership had a duty to use taxpayers' money wisely and that did not include behaving unlawfully or forever defending unlawful actions in court."If they are not personally liable for the illegal decision, they must say who is. Otherwise they will be the fall guys," said Kruger.The judgment will force the SABC officials to pay up or to say who ordered them to fire the journalists, said Solidarity CEO Dirk Hermann."Until now the SABC has been ignoring legal procedures and principles because they have taxpayer money to litigate - even though they know their actions are unlawful," Hermann said.The SABC did not respond to questions about whether it would allow the four journalists back to work today.However Suna Venter warned yesterday that this was not the end of the road.''There might be an appeal. We are still working on our Constitutional Court bid to make this situation permanent - so it cannot happen again."The three other fired journalists will approach the Labour Court on Thursday...