SANEF Slams Attacks on Photographers

The South African National Editor's Forum (SANEF) has described attacks on newspaper photographers as not only illegal, but possibly part of a growing tendency among police and the public to prevent journalists from carrying out their duties.

In a press statement, SANEF says there have been a number of instances where police have tried to prevent photographers from taking pictures, taken their cameras, and on occasion roughed them up and arrested them.

The comments follow this week’s attack by striking students on Mercury photographer, Doctor Ngcobo, while taking pictures of protesting students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Medical School.

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