Pieter du Toit | Zuma’s cynical attack on Karyn Maughan, News24 and media freedom must be defeated

22 Sep 2022

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Former president Jacob Zuma has launched a private prosecution against News24 journalist Karyn Maughan and advocate Billy Downer, the lead prosecutor in his corruption trial.

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Former president Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of News24 journalist Karyn Maughan and State advocate Billy Downer is a cynical attack on media freedom and the rule of law. It must be roundly defeated, says Pieter du Toit.

The attacks on Karyn Maughan, News24's legal journalist, start early in the day.

When she publishes her reports or analyses of former president Jacob Zuma's corruption trial in Pietermaritzburg just after 06:00 on News24, or when she covers the impeachment hearing of advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, online trolls abuse her relentlessly.

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