In Pictures: 'Not in my name' - SABC protesters tell public broadcaster

Journalists and civil society groups gathered outside the offices of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) in Cape Town and Johannesburg in the name of media freedom on Friday.

The picket follows the sudden resignation of acting chief executive officer of SABC Jimi Matthews on Monday‚ citing a “corrosive” atmosphere at the broadcaster.

Dressed in black‚ they carried posters that said “Not in our name” and “Hlaudism is not journalism” – the latter a reference to controversial SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng‚ whose policy decisions have led to a crisis at the public broadcaster.

Disciplinary charges have been laid against Special Assignment executive producer Busisiwe Ntuli‚ SAfm current affairs executive producer Krivani Pillay and senior investigative reporter Jacques Steenkamp‚ who sent a letter to Motsoeneng raising their “displeasure and increasing concern” over recent developments at the public broadcaster.

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