The SABC Eight have been honoured for their bravery, winning an award given to former public protector Thuli Madonsela before them. The Guardian of Governance Award is given annually to "those who uphold the prescripts of good governance and display remarkable ethical behaviour". This year’s recipients‚ unveiled on Tuesday at the Southern Africa Internal Audit Conference in Sandton‚ were the eight SABC journalists who were fired after "openly protesting changes to the broadcaster’s editorial policy — and who were victimised‚ had their lives threatened and were even shot at". Busisiwe Ntuli‚ Lukhanyo Calata‚ Thandeka Gqubule‚ Foeta Krige‚ Krivani Pillay‚ Jacques Steenkamp‚ Vuyo Mvoko‚ now a senior news anchor with eNCA‚ and the late Suna Venter were fired by the public broadcaster in 2016 for defying an editorial policy that prohibited the airing of violent service-delivery protests. The Labour Court overruled their axing‚ forcing the SABC to reinstate them‚ but they soon became the ...
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