The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is, for the first time in its history, planning a mass march against the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on Friday, 14 September at 10h00.
An IFP press release reads: “The IFP has continuously engaged the SABC over its anti-IFP coverage and the way in which opposition parties are not fairly represented on all of the public broadcaster’s radio and television channels. This year, for example, two of the IFP’s three major events – its Freedom Day and Women’s Day rally – did not receive TV coverage at all. This is coupled with anti-IFP programmes that have been aired, such as The Bang Bang Club.
“Now the IFP will take to the streets to demand fairness from the public broadcaster.
“This is a matter which goes to the heart of how the citizens of this country can freely make up their own minds as to whom they wish to govern them. South Africans must demand of their public broadcaster that they be treated with respect and not force-fed and manipulated with political propaganda. This will be the IFP’s message when it embarks on a mass march on Friday.’
Details of the event are as follows:
Date: Friday, 14 September 2012
Time: 10h00
Venue: The Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, Johannesburg to SABC, Auckland Park
The IFP President is expected to address marchers at Auckland Park where the IFP will also hand over its memorandum of demands.
Contact:
Bonginkosi Dhlamini on 071 622 7523
IFP Gauteng MPL or Sibongile Nkomo, event organiser, on 076 553 1240.
