Cape Times ordered to apologise to former editor Alide Dasnois
THE Press Ombudsman has ordered the Cape Times to apologise to its former editor Alide Dasnois over coverage of the lawsuit between the two parties and the subsequent settlement.Dasnois had filed a complaint with the Ombudsman in May after the Cape Times had carried an article under the heading, "Independent Media vindicated as Dasnois settles" on its front page, as well as a second article headed, "Failed to have Madiba’s death on front page".Following a disciplinary hearing, Dasnois was controversially sacked as editor in 2014 by Dr Iqbal Survé, the chairman of the Sekunjalo group, now known as African Equity Empowerment Investments, which owns the Cape Times.Dasnois then approached the Labour Court, where she claimed R4m from the company as compensation for 38 months’ lost salary.One of the main reasons put forward for her removal was that the death of former president Nelson Mandela was not the lead article the next day, but was contained within a four-page wrap-around tribute. ...
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