Helen Suzman Foundation in court over SABC censorship
The High Court in Pretoria is expected to hear an application by the Helen Suzman Foundation against the SABC's blanket ban on the broadcast of violent protests.
The court will hear an application by the Helen Suzman Foundation against the SABC, its Board, the Minister of Communications and COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng.
The application comes amid the public broadcaster's decision to fire seven journalists who have spoken out against the revised editorial policy.
The foundation wants to halt the implementation of the SABC's policy pertaining to violent and other protests.
It also wants to stop the broadcaster from adopting any policy which would be contrary to its mandate.
Union Solidarity will also represent axed journalists at the Labour Court on Thursday.
"Solidarity will approach the court on an urgent basis to set aside the decision to dismiss the journalists and to revoke the disciplinary process in its entirety," Solidarity Chief Executive Dirk Hermann said.
Meanwhile, a lawyer for the SABC8, Aslam Moosajee, is applying for direct access to the Constitutional Court.
"We believe we have reasonable prospects of success and we plan to file a supplementary affidavit with the Constitutional Court to draw these latest events to the court's attention. We believe that these latests events will bolster our case for urgency in our case for direct access to the Constitutional Court," he said.