South Africa: Minister Muthambi Speaks Out On Planned Picket

Cape Town — Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says the planned picket outside her department's head office in Pretoria today by the Right to Know Campaign is aimed at silencing her from driving media transformation in the country.

"It is interesting to note that Right2Know is staging the picket on the eve of our Print Media Transformation Colloquium -- a clear indication that it is meant to distract the attention and focus of department idea to de-racialise print media by increasing black ownership and control, as well as its role in support of development.

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