Stock theft and revenge attacks which have engulfed an Eastern Cape village and where three people have been killed in 24 hours and a vehicle was torched this week
Wandile Fana, seasoned journalist, publisher, chair of the Association of Independent Publishers (AIP), and board member at the Press Council of SA, has succumbed to Covid-19. Wara, as he was affectionately known, died on Friday afternoon at Livingstone Hospital in Gqeberha, two weeks after he was admitted.
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The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is launching the fourth round of its Media Relief Fund – started to assist journalists who have lost their jobs and/or their income as a direct result of the Covid-19 national disaster declared in March 2020.
Journalists who previously benefitted from the fund but whose’ circumstances have not changed or have since worsened can also apply and will be eligible in this latest round.
Affected journalists are encouraged to submit their applications with all relevant and supporting documentation from today to be considered by the fund.
Working in conjunction with the Social Justice Initiative (SJI), we wish to report that in our first and 2nd rounds; we received 700 applications and approved 249 journalists for payments.