SABC sticks to its guns on no Tshwane protest coverage

21 June 2016 - 17:24

By Roxanne Henderson And Pericles Anetos

The SABC says it is not doing viewers a disservice by electing not to broadcast images of destruction by protesters in Tshwane. The public broadcaster has been flayed on social media over its coverage of the protests which saw at least 20 buses torched on Monday night and the violence flaring up again on Tuesday with police reinforcements called in to establish calm in Mamelodi‚ Atteridgeville‚ Garunkuwa and Hammanskraal.

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