BLF leader Andile Mngxitama defies interdict, threatens journalists outside court
A slanging match broke out outside the High Court in Johannesburg, which granted Sanef and 11 journalists an interdict preventing Black First Land First from intimidating them
A slanging match ensued between Black First Land First (BLF) and journalists outside the High Court in Johannesburg on Friday. The court granted journalists an interdict barring the BLF and its founder‚ Andile Mngxitama, from harassing‚ intimidating‚ assaulting and threatening 11 senior journalists‚ editors and analysts. But Mngxitama was undeterred, and threatened some of the journalists whom the order sought to protect. Mgxitama had a heated exchange with commentator Karima Brown, and journalist and South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) chairperson Mahlatse Gallens outside the courtroom after the judgment was handed down. Mngxitama said when some black journalists were harassed by the EFF, Sanef had not come to their rescue. The 11 journalists had been targeted for their reporting on state capture. Sanef on Tuesday launched an urgent application in which it asked the court to interdict BLF and Mngxitama from gathering outside the homes of these journalists‚ from threatening...
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