



The African National Congress has accused news channel eNCA of biased reporting for its coverage of an exchange between one of its journalists and ANC Deputy Secretary General (DSG), Jessie Duarte.

Journalist Samkele Maseko was covering a press briefing where Duarte shared the outcomes of the ANC's NEC meeting, as well as the action that will be taken by the ANC's Integrity Committee which has been asked to look at their candidate's list processes.

After the briefing, Maseko posed a question to the DSG despite having been asked to direct any questions not included in the media statement, to the party spokesperson, leading to a disagreement between the two.

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The ANC claims Maseko engaged in an 'unacceptable and unprofessional outburst'.

Spokesperson ANC Acting National Spokesperson Dakota Legoete says it is unfortunate and that it should be understood that as much there is media freedom, it must be exercised with what he says are the 'necessary' responsibilities.

When the media briefing started from the onset, our DSG made it clear that she is going to read the statement and if there are any other questions to the ANC on issues that are not in the statement, these need to be forwarded to the national spokesperson of the ANC. Dakota Legoete, Acting national spokesperson - ANC

The DSG is still committed to media freedom because these are part of the struggles that her and many South Africans have fought for. Dakota Legoete, Acting national spokesperson - ANC

The DSG has requested a meeting with the editorial team of eNCA and the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF).

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