The Star reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) faces a showdown in the Constitutional Court over the suspension of three journalists.  

The three editorial staff members, economics editor Thandeka Gqubule, executive editor at Radio Sonder Grense (RSG) Foeta Krige and senior journalist Suna Venter, were suspended after they opposed SABC chief operations officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s instruction not to report on an anti-censorship protest outside the SABC's offices.  The Star says it has been reliably informed that a full-frontal legal challenge will be brought against the suspension of the three, who are preparing to fight all the way for what they see as a critical decision going into the local government elections.  A source said:  “We are hoping that the industry will assist us to redeem ourselves and march with us to the Constitutional Court.  We want to be heard directly by the court because this is critical before the elections.”  SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago said the suspension of the three journalists was a matter between the employer and the employees.

• Read this report by Thabiso Thakali in full at The Star
• Read too, Suspension of SABC journalists shocks National Editors’ Forum, at BDLive

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