The EFF has denied trying to muzzle certain media houses by refusing to grant some journalists accreditation to its elective conference this weekend. Instead, the EFF says, it was due to a lack of capacity, by MandiNyathi
EFF secretary-general Gordrich Gardee said it would have been impossible to accommodate all the journalists who applied to attend their conference, as more than 600 had applied.
The secretary-general addressed those who managed to get accreditation on Friday at the party’s state of readiness press conference. “Banning media organisations will deprive ordinary citizens of relevant information that could assist them in making informed choices on how to vote. Therefore, the real victims of this ban are the voters and citizens,” Sanef said.
Responding to these accusations, Gardee said that inviting all the media would not have been practical.Gardee accused the Daily Maverick of masquerading as journalists.
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