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IOL News reports that trade union Solidarity has high hopes that its Labour Court case against the SABC on Thursday will be successful following the broadcaster losing a legal battle in the high court in Pretoria on Wednesday.
The SABC threw in the towel, deciding to concede to an interim interdict by the Helen Suzman Foundation not to exercise self-censorship when it came to the coverage of protests. Solidarity deputy chief executive Johan Kruger commented: “The interdict means the court has already found that the instruction to exercise censorship is prima facie unlawful and should be stopped by means of a court order. This paves the way for the Labour Court to rule that the suspensions, disciplinary action and dismissal of the journalists arising from the unlawful instruction are also unfair and should be reversed.”
- Read this report by Amy Musgrave in full at IOL News
- Read Solidarity’s press statements on this matter at here and here
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