Radical shift

“They shook the SABC to its foundations because no one thought people from the newsroom could stand up to power . . . That parliamentary inquiry [looking into the fitness of the SABC board] was due to their efforts.” — Phathiswa Magopeni, on the “SABC 8” journalists fired for speaking out against the decision to stop covering violent protests. Seven were rehired. The eighth, Suna Venter, died last year aged 32