South Africa: Cosatu Statement On the Sunday Times Apologies

press release

The Sunday Times stories destroyed people's lives and also the economy and we do not believe that the Sunday Times can just shrug off this litany of lies and act as if it's business as usual. These stories muddied the public discourse and left the reputation of the country in tatters.

The South African Revenue Services reputation was torn into pieces by this negative coverage and this contributed to the destabilisation that subsequently followed. This was pure economic sabotage and the paper and its journalists should be held accountable. Equally the editors who signed off on these fake news articles should be held to account. The Sunday Times must disclose, who were their sources who fed them these false and malicious stories and what was their agenda.

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