Media leaders rally 'troops' to fight repression

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] An 'all-out war' between the independent media and the ruling ANC looms in South Africa. To echo a Latin proverb that says whoever wants peace must prepare for war, the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) yesterday, Wednesday, 4 August 2010, called an urgent meeting of editors, journalists and academics to form a plan of action that consists of legal, editorial, diplomatic and radical strategies to launch a massive ground offensive against the ANC's media freedom threats. 5 Aug 2010 10:37