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News24 reports that after much backlash, the SA broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has removed a clause from employees' contracts that allowed it to intercept, monitor, and read staffers' communication.
On Thursday, the public broadcaster announced that following concern over the clause, it decided to remove it with immediate effect. Among the organisations that criticised the clause was the South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef), which described it as "extremely concerning" and "illegal". The forum said the practice should be "condemned in the strongest terms because it disregarded employees' rights". In a statement on Thursday, the corporation said while the clause had been standard since 2008, it was not intended to violate the rights of journalists or their sources of information. It said journalists and their sources were adequately protected by its editorial policies of 2020. The SABC added that its decision to remove the clause would apply to all new contracts and would be implemented retrospectively.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Malibongwe Dayimani at News24
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