The decision by the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) chief operations officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, to ban coverage of violent protests and the suspensions of three senior news employees has led to an increasing sense of mutiny from staff and management.

According to Simnikiwe Hlatshaneni, as three senior SABC employees fight for their jobs after they were suspended for protesting against what they saw as increasing censorship at the state broadcaster, a group of concerned SABC news staff sent a letter of grievances to the chief operating officer.

Acting group chief executive, Jimi Matthews, who also resigned in protest, is one of the signatories to the letter addressed to SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng.

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