@Absolute_Kganki@samkelemaseko This is the same Thabo Mbheki, who kept on rubber stamping rigged election results from Zimbabwe, never bothered to call Mugaba out with all the power he had economically. We are here because of his quiet diplomacy when it was clear that things weren’t done right in Zim.
@ashiemap@Njebez35@Absolute_Kganki Lol Zuma doesn’t need to hate, the man will on his own sword and he will never know peace until he dies. What he did to Zuma is nothing compared to what’s coming for him
@SiboMaputi@Absolute_Kganki He had a 2/3 majority and did nothing to change the constitution that at that it was clear it wasn’t going to lift people out of poverty quickly. In 2009 we had a global crash in the markets and he conveniently omits that everytime he speaks
@Absolute_Kganki@samkelemaseko This man uguga kabi mani, he’s so obsessed with sanitising his image. Every chance he gets he bashes his successors as if he doesn’t sit in the NEC meetings or he’s not from the same party. He conveniently forgets his scandals, under him the ANC had a 2/3 majority but did nthing
❌ "I don't think Pep should be blemished with it!"
🤷♂️ "Man City as a club will be compromised, I don't think manager will!"
Simon Jordan says Guardiola's #MCFC legacy shouldn't be tarnished if the club are found guilty in their 115 charges case! 👀
Dear @eNCA,
I am deeply ashamed by the type of journalism displayed in this clip. As a trained journalist, and as a former eNCA journalist myself, I must say this is dangerous and highly questionable conduct, especially when a media crew is no longer merely documenting events, but appears to be facilitating or legitimising harassment.
There is a major difference between reporting on an incident and becoming part of the theatre of intimidation.
If a legal migrant is being surrounded, threatened or humiliated by a vigilante group, the role of journalists should be to document what is happening accurately, safely and fairly, while remaining conscious that the vulnerable person may already be under pressure or fear.
Once a crew starts staging interactions, shoving microphones into faces in a way that amplifies intimidation, or giving a vigilante leader a platform without challenge or context, you cross from journalism into participation.
It becomes even more problematic in South Africa, where xenophobic violence has previously led to deaths, displacement and mob attacks against African migrants, including Nigerians, Zimbabweans, Somalis and others, many of whom were legally documented, just like this man appears to be.
Media coverage in such contexts requires extreme caution because images and narratives can inflame public hostility.
Journalists can and should interview all sides, including controversial or vigilante figures, because journalism often requires engaging difficult voices. But ethical reporting also requires balance, context and humanity. A migrant should not be turned into a spectacle while the aggressor is normalised as an authority figure.
Your crew should have avoided creating conditions where the victim felt cornered, exposed or endangered simply because cameras were present, with microphones repeatedly shoved between him and the aggressor.
I am deeply embarrassed by the conduct of this eNCA crew. You should be ashamed of this type of journalism.
This is precisely the kind of irresponsible media conduct that has historically inflamed violence in societies under tension. Journalists must never become participants in intimidation campaigns.
In this clip, you are no longer acting as observers. You become actors within the confrontation itself, helping create a public theatre where a man who is legally in your country is harassed by an ignorant vigilante who does not even understand the law governing immigration and business ownership.
A documented immigrant in South Africa has the legal right to start a business unless the conditions of their visa explicitly prohibit it. That is the law.
Journalism must expose intimidation, not become the microphone of xenophobic vigilantism.
@MbalulaFikile ANC’s biggest problem is that in its most vulnerable times its history it finds itself with a leadership crisis through its own doing by now electing the best among themselves. You cannot navigate such difficult times without an SG and caretaker president.