IOL News reports that SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) contributing editor Vuyo Mvoko has applied for leave to appeal against the dismissal of his earlier court action to have his contract enforced.  

He has argued that his constitutional rights to freedom of expression were infringed by the public broadcaster’s decision to “punish” him by taking him off air for an article in which he criticised its management.  Earlier this month, the South Gauteng High Court dismissed Mvoko’s initial application, noting, among other points, that it was premature because the SABC was still investigating the matter and had not yet taken a decision to terminate the contract.  The decision to take him off air was temporary, pending the outcome of this investigation, the judge said.  Mvoko wrote an article, published by The Star on 6 July, in which he described instances of intimidation, censorship and improper interference by the SABC management.

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