SANEF condemns police action against photographers

The South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) this afternoon, Thursday, 23 September 2010, expressed its shock at the arrest of three press photographers and the manhandling of one of them yesterday by police at Musina, Limpopo, as well as their being detained for 45 minutes, and is calling for an apology from the police to the photographers and the firm assurance that police will be ordered to cease these attacks on journalists and that those who act in this way will be severely punished. 23 Sep 2010 16:01

SA media, police smoke peace pipe

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] South African editors, various media representatives, crime reporters and senior police managers, including police boss Bheki Cele, met yesterday, Tuesday, 20 April 2010, in Johannesburg to discuss what some analysts have described as ‘police harassment' of journalists and police's ‘unjustified hostility' towards the media. 21 Apr 2010 12:41