Fin24 reports that Gupta-owned television news station ANN7 fired five more journalists on Tuesday.  They had taken part in protests and other demonstrations in solidarity with eight colleagues who were dismissed in June.  

The SA National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) on Wednesday expressed its concern over the latest round of firings.  "We are concerned with what appears to be a continued trend by some media houses to violate media freedoms and contravene labour laws," it said in a statement.  Sanef will ask for a meeting with ANN7’s editor-in-chief, Moegsien Williams.  "We are now exploring other legal options as part of a plan to help the dismissed journalists, as we seek to protect those who continue to work in hostile environments," the forum indicated.

• Read this report in full at News24
• See too, Editors berate Gupta TV news channel ANN7 over sacked journalists, at BDLive

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