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- Sanef condemned attacks on SABC journalists who covered the national shutdown this week.
- Journalists were attacked in Nyanga; one was hospitalised after being struck on the head.
- Sanef emphasised the importance of journalism in a functioning democracy.
The SA National Editors' Forum (Sanef) condemned attacks on SABC journalists earlier this week.
The journalists were attacked while covering the EFF's national shutdown in Nyanga, Cape Town.
On Monday, the attackers hit their car with an object on the N2, near Borcherds Quarry.
A crew member was hospitalised after he was hit on the head with an object.
Sanef emphasised the role of journalists in a functioning democracy and also the highlighted the call by UN Secretary-General António Guterres for political leaders to "stand up for truth, justice, and human rights".
It said:
Last week, Sanef condemned the harassment and intimidation of journalists covering stories in the Eastern Cape. This was after a senior journalist at the Daily Dispatch received an anonymous warning to "watch his back" for hired hitmen.
Sanef said the threats could be linked to his investigation into the murder of University of Fort Hare Vice-Chancellor Sakhela Buhlungu's bodyguard, Mboneli Vesele.
Sanef's chairperson, Sbu Ngalwa, said the journalist was removed from the story after receiving the threat.
This was the second recent incident in the Eastern Cape.
News24 previously reported that a journalist at the Zululand Observer, Gaddafi Zulu, was slapped and punched, allegedly by the former mayor of Mtubatuba, Mandla Zungu, and his bodyguards earlier this month.
