Sanef heads to court over media freedom violations at SONA

The South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) has expressed its outrage at the illegal clampdown on freedom of expression during the State of the Nation address in Parliament on Thursday night, and plans to approach the courts and seek a meeting with President Jacob Zuma and Speaker Baleka Mbete as soon as possible in order to prevent similar incidents in the future.
Sanef held its quarterly national council meeting in Cape Town on Saturday, and resolved to institute a number of actions in response to “this despicable, shocking and unprecedented assault on our freedoms and rights”.