The verbal lashing of journalist Samkele Maseko on TV by ANC deputy general secretary Jesse Duarte on Tuesday is just one of many examples.
An escalation of anti-media sentiment has experts and media freedom advocates worried, with incidences of verbal and physical intimidation meted out to journalists by politicians and the public being a common occurrence.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa is set to determine if EFF leader Julius Malema should be held liable for electoral misconduct and putting the life of journalist Karima Brown in danger. Ofentse Setimo, an SABC television journalist based in Pretoria, has experienced similar attacks. Recently he and a camera man were roughed up by a group of community members, led by an ANC ward councillor, in Lotus Gardens, west of Pretoria.
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