I will never forgive Kanthan Pillay, says Samkele Maseko
SENIOR political journalist Samkelo Maseko said yesterday he would not forgive his former boss at eNCA, Kanthan Pillay, who called him a rat after Maseko’s resignation to join a competitor. The comment came after eNCA announced that it had parted ways with immediate effect with Pillay, who was the 24-hour director of news, following outrage and condemnation over a tweet he posted.
Pillay had also been accused of censoring news after he had suspended another journalist, Khayelihle Khumalo, for tweeting about the EFF elective conference despite the station’s decision not to continue covering the event. eNCA had at the weekend pulled its news team out of the EFF elective conference claiming to be sympathising with Daily Maverick which had been banned from covering the event.
In a statement, eNCA said it ended its relationship with Pillay after conducting an intense overnight investigation and consultation.
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