The announcement by NDZ led to speculation that the minister was undermining the president, which was ill-informed, Ramaphosa has said.
In responding to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the South African National Editors’ Forum , forum chairperson Mahlatse Mahlase said she hoped the police had heard the president’s call for more respect for the media.“We welcome the strong words of the president in affirming the media.”
“The recent case of [editor] Paul Nthoba having to flee to Lesotho is one that has worried us for quite some time. Ramaphosa, while fielding several questions from journalists, had earlier conceded that government could have handled the news on the U-turn on the sale of cigarettes better. Ramaphosa said the flurry of concerns raised by experts had led to the decision to not allow the sale of tobacco products, which forced government to go back to the drawing board on its initial decision.
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