SANEF concerned by Judge Zondo's comments on the media
22 January 2019
The South African National Editors’ Forum notes with deep concern that Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has again taken the media to task for publishing testimony that has not been publicly presented before the state capture inquiry.
SANEF wishes to state it was never consulted on the regulations. When they were first distributed last year, we immediately made contact with the commission and telephonically outlined our objections.
A meeting that was planned for the first day of the inquiry never went ahead despite SANEF representatives availing themselves for the set time.
When Judge Zondo made similar statements lambasting the media for reporting on evidence yet to be publicly presented to the commission in November 2018, we again wrote to the Secretariat asking for a meeting.