IOL News reports that Solidarity said on Thursday that it was dismayed that its Labour Court case against the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) did not go ahead earlier and accused the broadcaster of delaying tactics.
The union, which is representing four of the seven journalists who were fired for speaking out against the SABC’s censorship policies, was ready to do battle, but within minutes the court proceedings were postponed. Solidarity CEO Dirk Hermann said it was due to the broadcaster not being prepared. “Despite the recent Icasa ruling and the High Court judgment yesterday, the SABC has, with their delaying tactics, once again shown its disregard for legal processes in South Africa,” Hermann stated. Earlier the judge hearing the SABC matter also came down very hard on the broadcaster’s unpreparedness in court.
- Read this report by Amy Musgrave and Botho Molosankwe in full at IOL News
- Read Solidarity’s press statement at Solidarity online
- See too, Democracy will win, Motsoeneng will lose, says Solidarity, at News24
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