NEWSWATCH: Judge John Hlophe has laid a complaint with the press ombudsman over a Mail & Guardian report, says IOL, which also reports that Pearl Luthuli, the SABC's chief executive of public commercial broadcasting services, has resigned. Meanwhile, Mail & Guardian says it stands by its Hlophe report of August 7, and also reports that the 2010 organisers are taking flak over the type of housing being built to accommodate the media during the event.
Mail & Guardian: M&G stands by Hlophe article… The Mail & Guardian says it stands by its August 7 report in which Hlophe is alleged to have said he wouldn't shake a white man's hand.