All panellists wish to state that they have
learnt in the course of this Inquiry that the current system of self- or
co-regulation of the print and online media and by the broadcasting industry appears
to be working well and to the benefit of the South African democracy.
18/1/2020
Few commercial sectors engaged in the level of introspection and self-regulation as the Fourth Estate and the two and a half year SANEF commission of inquiry into ethical challenges facing South African journalism showed that there was no need for politically-imposed strictures here.
This opinion was expressed by retired judge Kathleen Satchwell at a
Photo: Adv Busisiwe Mkwebane/Public Protector website
For those who do not know, Rampedi is a critically acclaimed journalist in South Africa who exposed the shenanigans of a secret surveillance unit that operated within SARS. ~ Ayanda Mdluli
IOL 1/12/2019
The importance of the judgment – apart from the obvious – is that it removes all doubts about the veracity of the main planks upon which Mkhwebane, the EFF and other’s contention that the HRIU was engaging in criminal activity has been constructed over the years. The Sikhakhane report, Kroon panel report, KPMG report and the report by the Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence (OIGI) have since 2015 all been discredited, disavowed, overturned and set aside in some form or another. (Not even to mention the fake reportage of the investigative team at the Sunday Times with Piet Rampedi and Mzilikazi wa Afrika now in senior roles at Iqbal Survé’s Independent Media, maintaining the fiction.) Unlawful and irrational