BDLive reports that senior anchor at the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Vuyo Mvoko will be appealing to the Supreme Court of Appeal over the SABC’s decision not to put him on air, his lawyers said on Monday.  

Mvoko was one of eight SABC journalists who lost their jobs for criticising the public broadcaster’s decision not to air footage of violent protests where public property was attacked.  The other seven, who were employees, were reinstated after court action.  But Mvoko, hired in terms of an independent contractor agreement, remains out in the cold.  On Friday, the High Court in Johannesburg dismissed his application to have the SABC’s conduct declared unconstitutional and to force it to reinstate him.  During the hearing, the judge closely questioned Mvoko’s counsel on whether the court action was premature, given that the SABC was still investigating Mvoko’s conduct.

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