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South Africa: eNCA Had a 'Culture of Fear' - Samkele Maseko
News24Wire, 21 December 2019
Former eNCA journalist Samkele Maseko has said that there was a "culture of fear" at broadcaster eNCA under the management of its former director of news, Kanthan Pillay. Read more »
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South Africa: eNCA Boots News Director Kanthan Pillay Over 'Rats' Tweet, Journalist's Suspension Lifted
News24Wire, 20 December 2019
eNCA has announced it "has parted company with its director of news Kanthan Pillay with immediate effect". Read more »
South African TV Channel Fires Head of News Over 'Rats' Tweet
South African TV channel eNCA has "parted company with its director of news Kanthan Pillay with immediate effect". Pillay was widely criticised after he referred to political journalist Samkele Maseko's move from the news channel to rival SABC News as "rats swimming toward a sinking ship". Earlier, Maseko said the channel was guilty of bias in its news coverage and alleged that Pillay was responsible for the censorship. Pillay subsequently issued an apology for his treatment of Maseko in a series of tweets.
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South Africa: Think Twice Before Sending That Tweet, It Could Get You Fired - Social Media Expert
News24Wire, 20 December 2019
Following TV news channel eNCA's decision to fire its director of news, Kanthan Pillay, over his "rats" tweet, a digital specialist has advised people to "always think before they… Read more »
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South Africa: Journalism Today - Media Freedom, Diversity and Democracy Versus Editorial Interference
Daily Maverick, 20 December 2019
The unfolding eNCA drama after the removal of political reporter Samkele Maseko by the television station's head of news Kanthan Pillay, has rent asunder pretences of independence… Read more »
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South Africa: Sanef Says It Hopes Kanthan Pillay's Dismissal 'Restores Credibility' to eNCA
News24Wire, 20 December 2019
The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) says it hopes the dismissal of eNCA's former head of news, Kanthan Pillay, "marks the beginning of eNCA restoring its… Read more »
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South Africa: Top Journalist Accuses Broadcaster of Censorship
allAfrica, 19 December 2019
Political reporter Samkele Maseko says eNCA is guilty of large scale bias in its news coverage following his departure from the news channel, IOL reports. Maseko alleges that… Read more »
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South Africa: Editors' Forum 'Deeply Concerned' By Allegations of Censorship at News Channel
News24Wire, 19 December 2019
The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) says former eNCA political journalist Samkele Maseko has agreed to "approach Judge [Kathy] Satchwell and the Media Ethics and… Read more »
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South Africa: eNCA Silent Over Appointment of Kanthan Pillay As News Boss
News24Wire, 11 October 2019
eNCA (DStv 403) is remaining silent over the alleged appointment of Kanthan Pillay, founder and leader of the Capitalist Party of South Africa (ZACP), as the TV channel's news boss… Read more »
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South Africa: We Don't Want to See eNCA Newscaster At Any of Our Events - Malema
News24Wire, 14 December 2019
The EFF has welcomed the withdrawal of broadcasting channel eNCA from its elective conference. Read more »
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South Africa: Enca Parts Ways With Its Editor-in-Chief
News24Wire, 28 November 2018
eNCA's editor-in-chief Mapi Mhlangu has parted ways with the 24-hour news channel - just over a year after taking up the post. Read more »
InFocus
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The Communications Workers Union has warned the SABC that they will "shut down" the corporation if it does not address their concerns, including doing away with retrenchments. The ... Read more »
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The SABC will let go of 981 of their 3,377 permanent employees and 1,200 of the 2,400 freelance journalists. "We are technically insolvent as an organisation and are not able to ... Read more »
