Sanef application deemed urgent, court dismisses BLF bid to halt interdict process
The High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday held that the application by the South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) to halt attacks on journalists by Black First Land First (BLF) was urgent. Acting Judge Corrie van der Wetshuizen made this ruling as he dismissed preliminary points raised by BLF in response to Sanef’s urgent application. Sanef and 11 journalists and editors want the court to interdict BLF from harassing‚ intimidating‚ assaulting and threatening journalists and editors over their reporting and analyses on corruption and state capture. But before the urgent application could be heard‚ BLF lawyer Brendan Tshabangu raised a number of preliminary points that he thought would dispose of Sanef’s application. These included the fact that Sanef chairperson Mahlatse Gallens did not have the authority to bring the application on behalf of Sanef. He also said the journalists listed in Sanef’s application were not members of Sanef. As a result‚ Tshabangu argued‚ Sanef had no...
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