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Suspended SABC employees planning to take broadcaster to court─── 16:41 Mon, 27 Jun 2016
Johannesburg - Three SABC employees who were served with suspension letters for allegedly contravening an order by the public broadcaster not to cover protest actions are taking the broadcaster and its COO, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, to court.
Economics editor, Thandeka Gqubule, RSG executive producer Foeta Krige, and Afrikaans news producer Suna Venter, were served with the papers stating that they were suspended indefinitely on Thursday last week.
It is understood that the trio has considered taking their fight to the Constitutional Court, which is the highest court in the country. No reason was stated for their suspension.
However, it was understood that all three had voiced their concern and disagreement over not covering a Right2Know (R2K) protest which took place outside the SABC building last week.
A source close to the three says they believe the decision of the SABC goes against a constitutionally guaranteed public right to be informed and that it erodes journalists' rights to be employed elsewhere if they leave the public broadcaster.
