Vavi to take SABC to ConCourt
4 July 2016
Johannesburg – Former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi intends asking the Constitutional Court to reverse the SABC's decision to stop showing footage of violent protests.
"If they (SABC) hide some images away, if there is instructions to journalists not to cover some political parties, it only means we can never have a free and fair election," he said on Monday.
Vavi was at the SABC’s Johannesburg office for a scheduled meeting with its COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng.
Minutes before the meeting was scheduled to start, Motsoeneng called to cancel. "Hlaudi, himself, suggested that we come see him today at 12pm so that he can respond to our question as to why suspension action against journalists could not be lifted with immediate effect."