The march - scheduled for next Friday - comes after the publication ran an opinion piece titled ‘Hail the Mass Murderer’ penned by City Press editor, Mondli Makhanya about IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
JOHANNESBURG - The South African National Editors’ Forum has called on the Inkatha Freedom Party to reconsider its planned march to the offices of City Press, calling it a “dangerous idea”.
The march - scheduled for next Friday - comes after the publication ran an opinion piece penned by City Press editor Mondli Makhanya, titled ‘Hail the Mass Murderer’ - about IFP leader Mangosuthu ButheleziSanef describes the planned march as “unfortunate” and says it views it as “an act of intimidation by the IFP” against its critics."We are not convinced that mobilising party supporters too much to offices of a media house will achieve any constructive result.
At the same time, Sanef said there are structures in place for grievances against journalists to be ventilated. "Where the disagreements are around their work, there are available bodies that are the Press Council and Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa to independently handle and adjudicate such complaints.
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