After threatening to challenge a Labour Court ruling reinstating four of the dismissed journalists, the SABC management backed down yesterday afternoon.On Tuesday, the Labour Court ruled that Suna Venter, Jacques Steenkamp, Krivani Pillay and Foeta Krige should return to work, saying their dismissal was illegal.Hours later, the SABC disabled the e-mail account of one of the journalists. Yesterday, after waiting for more than an hour, the four were told that they would not be allowed to enter the SABC offices.Then at 4pm, SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago released a statement saying all seven journalists would be allowed back to work.Solidarity, which represented four of the journalists, had threatened to file an urgent application to have the broadcaster found in contempt of court.The union also intended to ask the court to order that the individual who had authorised the SABC's decision to appeal Tuesday's ruling be held liable for legal costs.One of the journalists, who did not want to be identified, said yesterday: "I am shocked at management's sudden U-turn but I am extremely glad sanity prevailed."The other three journalists, Thandeka Gqubule, Lukhanyo Calata and Busisiwe Ntuli, were expected to challenge the SABC over their dismissal in court today.This is the third time in a week that the public broadcaster has backtracked under legal pressure.After initially informing the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) that it would appeal its ruling to lift a ban on the broadcasting of violent protests showing the destruction of property, the SABC changed its tune on Wednesday last week, saying it would, in fact, abide by the ruling.On the same day it reached an agreement with the Helen Suzman Foundation in the Pretoria High Court to lift the ban...