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South Africa: EFF Has Created a Toxic and Hostile Environment for Journalists, Court Hears
News24Wire, 5 August 2019
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and his followers have sent tweets which have targeted journalists in a way that constitute hate speech, the Equality Court… Read more »
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South Africa: SANEF Takes On EFF in Court for 'Intimidation' of Journalists
News24Wire, 5 August 2019
The South African National Editors' Forum's (Sanef) Equality Court case against the EFF starts in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Monday. Read more »
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South Africa: Sanef Fights Intimidation of Journalists in the Equality Court Today
SANEF, 5 August 2019
The South African National Editors’ Forum’s (SANEF) court case against the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) starts today in the Pretoria High Court, sitting as the… Read more »
Court Battle for EFF Over 'Intimidation' of South African Press
The South African National Editors Forum has taken the Economic Freedom Fighters to the Gauteng High Court, arguing that the opposition party "has enabled an environment in which intimidation, harassment, threats and/or assaults on journalists, including the individual complainants, in this case, have been tolerated and, in fact, encouraged, creating a chilling effect on freedom of expression, access to information and freedom of the media in the country".
InFocus
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Violent cyber-attacks on journalists are in focus again following death and rape threats against radio and television anchor Karima Brown. Research has revealed that the EFF ... Read more »
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"If you are offended I am unconditionally sorry. Is that clear?" said Floyd Shivambu after he was filmed assaulting Netwerk24 journalist Adrian de Kock in Cape Town's ... Read more »
