condemns attacks by EFF supporters on Karima Brown
Karima Brown, the host of The Fix, was subjected to threatening messages after her number was put on Twitter by EFF leader Julius Malema.by supporters of the EFF against current affairs host and veteran journalist Karima Brown.On Tuesday, EFF leader Julius Malema tweeted a screengrab of a WhatsApp media statements group, making Brown's cellphone number public. He then pinned the tweet to the top of his twitter account.
"Upon accidentally dropping what looks like briefing notes in an EFF Media Statements WhatsApp Group, we have since exposed those notes to the public," the statement said. eNCA's Acting MD and Editor, Jeremy Maggs, confirmed that Brown is the host of The Fix, provides political commentary on the television channel and is performing the role of Consulting Producer on the evening show Tonight with Jane Dutton.
"The issues queried in the message revolve around a point of how a young party with no significant body of retired past leadership selects a body of elders. It is, therefore, a legitimate question that deserves an answer rather than an attack on the questioner."
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