SANEF calls on MK Party leadership to act against those who ill-treated journalists at their rally at Orlando Stadium
21 May 2024
“I was pushed aside by a man who touched my breasts as he aggressively wanted to make way for the arrival of Jacob Zuma”.
This was the account of one of the journalists who attended the MK Party rally at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. She told the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) that there were numerous complaints of harassment, intimidation, and aggressive behaviour towards journalists covering the rally – particularly female journalists.
Another journalist told SANEF how they were elbowed, by men wearing military fatigues, who became extremely aggressive by the minute.
SANEF condemns the acts of violence against journalists and calls on the leadership of the Jacob Zuma-led MK Party to act against those involved.