Alide Dasnois vs Iqbal Surve

Former Cape Times editor, Alide Dasnois has said that the takeover of the Independent News and Media (INM) group by Iqbal Survé’s Sekunjalo consortium in 2013 was a political move designed to promote the ANC.Dasnois was fired from the Cape Times, part of the Independent stable, in 2013 and is challenging her dismissal in the Labour Court, and filed papers on Thursday this week. They make several damning allegations, including that Danois was fired to save Survé’s reputation. Dasnois was appointed executive editor of the Cape Times in March, 2009. She says her letter of appointment ensured that she would have editorial independence, and INM should have respected this.