Donations are pouring in for eight “brave South African journalists who lost their jobs for standing up for media freedom”.SABC fires all eight suspended journalistsThandeka Gqubule‚ Foeta Krige‚ Lukhanyo Calata‚ Suna Venter‚ Busisiwe Ntuli‚ Krivani Pillay‚ Vuyo Mvoko and Jacques Steenkamp are jobless after being fired by the SABC.“Yes‚ we can protest and issue statements and write columns in their support‚ but at month-end they have to pay bills‚ probably with half a month's salary if they are lucky. Some of them have kids‚” New24 editor Adriaan Basson wrote on Generosity.com as he launched a crowdfunding campaign.“This is a call to all who value media freedom and deeply care about the state of journalism in South Africa to crowd source some money for them‚ just to see them through the worst few weeks of their professional lives. Donate anything‚ however small‚ to help them and show them our unwavering support.”The fund was sitting just shy of $1 000 just two hours after it was se...
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