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. He believes the role of the SABC is to protect the ruling party and present a rosy picture of South Africa.The reinstatement of the journalists was announced after a week of drama as Motsoeneng and his team climbed down and agreed to follow the right course.Let us not be fooled into thinking that the SABC's management has finally seen the light and sanity has prevailed. The SABC was forced to change course. It had to be dragged to court to force it to do what it is employed to do.The reinstatement should push all of us to demand accountability from the ANC and the minister of communications, who is missing in action.The minister's silence is deafening, which tells us that she agrees with Motsoeneng's style of management.We call on the government to look into public officials who litigate at the drop of a hat and pursue cases in court to prove their power over employees.It is time we developed a policy that will form part of performance agreements for all public managers. That policy should be used to regulate their use of the courts for personal ambition.We doubt whether Motsoeneng and his board would be such serial litigants were they made to foot the bill if they exposed the SABC to unnecessary court cases.It is important that we stop this culture and force the likes of Motsoeneng to stop abusing public funds through frivolous court cases.The fight to remove those who act against our hard-won media freedom should continue...