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News24 reports that the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has hit back at the Sunday Times following its report that the public broadcaster's board resolved at a meeting in October to use the State Security Agency (SSA) to "manage leaks".
The newspaper reported that according to minutes of the meeting, it was agreed that SABC board chairperson Bongumusa Makhathini would be mandated to approach the SSA to assist in managing leaks and identifying loopholes. It was further suggested that the process would include vetting staff who dealt with board information. "It is totally false that the SABC board took a decision 'to spy on its staff members'. No such decision has been taken. The SABC is further concerned that the newspaper used confidential board minutes to sensationalise and deliberately distort information, thereby causing panic and a trust deficit between the SABC board and employees," SABC acting spokesperson Mmoni Seapolelo indicated in a statement on Sunday. Seapolelo said the SABC upheld the rights to freedom of expression and the right to privacy for all its employees and in fact the board had in the past “taken a decision that no journalist should be subject to SSA processes of any kind in order to protect the constitutional rights of the media." However, she added that the broadcaster dealt with the SSA on several key issues, such as the disclosure of confidential company information to third parties and the media. The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) welcomed the board's response.
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