Eddie Funde withdraws SABC board nomination

NEWSWATCH: Overlooked in all the outcry surrounding the SABC and SANEF, on Friday, 31 August 2007, SABCnews.com reported that chairperson of the SABC board Eddie Funde had withdrawn his nomination for a second term on the board of the corporation.

By Simone Puterman

4 Sep 2007

The Mail & Guardian Online reported yesterday, Monday 3 September that the Gauteng branch of the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) is going to go to the police to determine whether Sunday Times editor Mondli Makhanya applied for amnesty over political activities during apartheid.

Makhanya also reiterated to the Power Reporting Workshop, a three-day conference happening at Wits University in Johannesburg that began yesterday, that the Sunday Times did not steal the medical records of health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.

Meanwhile, various journalists and photographers were injured yesterday in a violent Soweto protest action, according to News24.com.

For more:

SABCnews.com: Funde withdraws his SABC board nomination
M&G Online: Sanco ask police to probe editor
Journalism.co.za: Manto papers 'not stolen'
News24.com: Photographer hurt in clash

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About Simone Puterman

Simone Puterman (@SimoneAtLarge) is currently editor-at-large at Marklives.com and deputy chair of the Sanef online editors subcommittee. After majoring in psychology and linguistics at Rhodes University, and then completing her honours in psychology, she has been in the world of B2B publishing since 1997, with 7.5 year stints at both WriteStuff Publishing and Bizcommunity.com (March 2006-August 2013). Email her at moc.sevilkram@enomis.