JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress ’s head of election campaign, Fikile Mbalula, has dismissed reports that his party is bullying the South African Broadcasting Corporation to cover more of
their rallies in the run-up to the May elections.
City Press reported on Sunday that Mbalula met with the editors at the public broadcaster to discuss the ANC’s low election coverage. Mbalula apparently raised concerns about a rally in Limpopo attended by President Cyril Ramaphosa, but he says there is no hostility between the SABC and the governing party.
“It is not hostile. if it is hostile, it is not in the interests of the SABC or ourselves to have hostility. We need to unpack issues as they happened in that meeting and I’m very happy that I met professional people.”“I was very taken aback by the leaks in the media, which suggest that I did something in that engagement which was unethical which is what I would not do.”“We engaged with all media houses, that includes the SABC. To exaggerate everything...
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