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AfriForum launches awareness action regarding media freedom

28th June 2016

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The civil rights organisation AfriForum will on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 launch an awareness action regarding media freedom at the headquarters of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The public can assist AfriForum to replace Hlaudi Motsoeneng, Chief Operating Officer of the SABC, by participating in a national petition to demand his resignation. The petition will be rolled-out tomorrow during the action.   

The awareness action follows after Motsoeneng recently announced that the television stations of the national broadcaster will immediately stop broadcasting footage of the destruction of property during protest marches. He furthermore announced that radio stations are forbidden from using specific editors and media people from outside the SABC as commentators regarding internal SABC affairs and from broadcasting negative coverage about Pres Jacob Zuma.   

“In a democratic society, media platforms not reporting about real South African occurrences cannot be taken seriously. Citizens have the right to credible information in order to take informed decisions,” says Monique Taute, AfriForum’s National Campaign Coordinator.

During this action AfriForum will also unveil the subsequent steps that the organisation will take against Motsoeneng.

The details are as follows:

Date:              29 June 2016
Time:              10:30
Venue:           SABC Headquarters (entrance 6), Artillery Road, Auckland Park,
                       Johannesburg

Monique Taute
National Campaign Coordinator
AfriForum
Cell: 083 381 3502
Email: monique@afriforum.co.za

Annelise de Vries
Media Relations Officer
AfriForum
Cell: 084 554 7290
Email: annelise@afriforum.co.za

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