RAY HARTLEY: We must condemn these attacks on a leading journalist
'Today there are a handful of protesters, tomorrow we will find ourselves living in a banana republic where covert violence is used against the free press with the state standing passively by'
The original headline on this article called on the ANC to condemn the attack on Peter Bruce. It has commendably done so and the full statement can be read below the article. On Wednesday morning, Business Day published a column by its former editor, Peter Bruce, on how he has been harassed since writing articles heavily critical of the Gupta family and state capture. Bruce wrote: “It turns out that for about a week in September 2016, while the Guptas were still cocky (that is, before the e-mails about them leaked), they had me followed and secretly photographed: my wife and I leaving the house for our early morning walk with our dogs, me having coffee with friends in Parkview, me visiting the offices of psychologists as I looked for help for one of my family, me visiting a business to order custom-made collars for the dogs. When the owner walked me back to my car and gave me a goodbye hug, they photographed that too.” Bruce was unaware of the surveillance, but began to get threaten...
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