Scores join censorship protest at the SABC
1 July 2016
Johannesburg - About 100 media workers, members of civil organisations and the public had gathered along Henley Road outside the SABC to picket as six of the public broadcaster's employees' disciplinary hearings were being heard.
Supporters began gathering as early as 08:00 outside the SABC in Johannesburg in support of Thandeka Gqubule, Foeta Krige, Suna Venter, Jacques Steenkamp, Krivani Pillay and Busisiwe Ntuli, who were charged with contravening their employment code at the broadcaster.
Earlier this month Gqubule, Krige and Venter were served with suspension letters for allegedly contravening an order not to cover protests when they voiced their disagreement with not being allowed to cover a Right2Know protest outside the SABC's building.
Steenkamp, Pillay and Ntuli were charged with leaking a letter they had written to chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng about their unhappiness with the editorial policies at the broadcaster.