The SA National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) in a recent statement condemned the attack by striking farmworkers on Cape Times’ journalists covering an unprotected strike at De Doorns in the Western Cape on January 9.
The SA National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) in a recent statement condemned the attack by striking farmworkers on Cape Times’ journalists covering an unprotected strike at De Doorns in the Western Cape on January 9.
They called on police to arrest the attackers and prosecute them. Fortunately, the journalists escaped with light injuries before their car was overturned and set on fire on the N1 highway.
Furthermore, Sanef condemned the failure of the Black Agricultural Workers’ Union (Bawusa), who called the strike, to protect the journalists from attack and the failure of the union officials and leaders of Cosatu to censure the strikers for the attack.
"The journalists were engaged on covering the strike in a professionally impartial manner on assignment by the Cape Times," Sanef said.
