IN FULL | Sanef welcomes launch of media ethics and credibility report 18 January 2021 - 14:49 By South African National Editors’ Forum While SA journalism has been lauded for courageous, investigative work that has helped advance our democracy, Sanef believes the media must continuously introspect to strengthen the relationship of trust with the public we serve and ensure accountability. Image: 123RF/ismagilov
Today the panel led by retired judge Kathleen Satchwell released the report of the commission of inquiry into ethical challenges facing South African journalism and officially handed it over to the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef).
The report by Satchwell and fellow panel members – veteran journalist and author Rich Mkhondo and award-winning journalist and former Fulbright Hubert H Humphrey Fellow Nikiwe Bikitsha - was commissioned by Sanef in June 2019.