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YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE OF SOUTH AFRICA

 * PRESS STATEMENT

05 October 2006**

=YCL CALLS ON THE SABC CHIEF GROUP EXECUTIVE TO MAKE REPORT PUBLIC=

We call upon the Chief Group Executive of SABC, Adv. Dali Mpofu, to make the report on the censorship of political journalist by the SABC public.

As the YCL we strongly believe that the public has a right to know the findings of the report for their own judgment on the merits and demerits of the report. As a public broadcaster the SABC has a mandatory obligation to cascade this information to the public.

This report has to be made public given the credibility crisis that the SABC News has in the eyes of a majority of South Africans. It is our view that the SABC News has been bias in its reporting to favour certain factions in the ANC, and the censoring of certain journalists and analysts is part and parcel of the broader agenda in the usage of the SABC to further political battles within the liberation movement.

Issued by the Young Communist League

For more information contact:

YCL Spokesperson
 * Castro Ngobese

Tel : 011 339 3621 Mobile : 082 567 3557 E-mail : castro@ycl.org.za**

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