SABC claims vetting by the State Security Agency is procedural, but media watchdogs have cried foul.
Reports that Monare is being vetted by the SSA follow the leak of an audio recording in which ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is heard telling members of the ruling party’s national executive committee that it would “challenge” media houses who spoke ill of the party ahead of the elections.
Monare has been in his current position at the SABC for two years. According to the company, he did not complete the organisation’s security vetting procedures as stipulated in his contract, only submitting a Z204 security clearance form in October 2022 as part of the process.been asked to go through an unfair second round of vetting and security clearance,” said the statement.
“This move by the SSA undermines the fundamental principles of media and editorial independence and freedom of the press,” Sanef and its partners said in a joint statement on Monday. “While the SABC may be deemed critical infrastructure in terms of the Critical Infrastructure Act, the act is focused on the vetting of security personnel and not journalists.
Sanef and its partners have urged the SABC board to condemn “any interference in its editorial process”.
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