Post by cjm on Mar 16, 2015 18:41:32 GMT
Nothing new here. The local ANC municipality has been boycotting the local paper for years now. About that SANEF does not have anything to say. In this case it is a deliberate attempt to stifle criticism of gangsterism in a suit.
www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2015/03/16/sanef-appalled-by-western-cape-newspaper-boycott
In a letter to all department heads, director general Bert Gerber issued a directive for the departments not to renew their subscriptions or start subscriptions with the paper.
"Cabinet has discussed with concern the ongoing decline in the quality of reporting in the Cape Times. As we get newspaper cuttings every day, Cabinet considers it to be fruitless expenditure to renew Cape Times subscriptions," Gerber wrote.
In a letter to all department heads, director general Bert Gerber issued a directive for the departments not to renew their subscriptions or start subscriptions with the paper.
"Cabinet has discussed with concern the ongoing decline in the quality of reporting in the Cape Times. As we get newspaper cuttings every day, Cabinet considers it to be fruitless expenditure to renew Cape Times subscriptions," Gerber wrote.