. Every day that this slander remains unchallenged and uncorrected, the more ingrained it becomes and the worse the damage. As we know, it is extremely difficult to correct an untruth once it is out there.“We were given details of a former political editor of the, Mr Letsoalo, and his wife, who were members of and actively engaged in Kgomomorareng Travel, a company that had unlawfully concluded and extended a tender at the Passenger Rail Authority of South Africa .
This paragraph gives very little context and makes strong claims. Those claims are not backed by the facts. Theafter coming into possession of the draft of an investigation into tenders awarded by Prasa. This investigation, conducted by Werksmans Attorneys, had at that point in 2018 not been formally released.
When questions were first raised in 2016, then editor Verashni Pillay concluded that Letsoalo was not in breach of the’s editorial code in that he disclosed the dealings that underpinned the allegations against him. To be clear, after an extensive interrogation of his work over a number of years, there was no evidence that his prior business dealings with Prasa had in any way influenced the reporting on the rail agency.
Mr Letsoalo was, however, told not to report on Prasa, or commission any articles on the utility, because of his wife’s continuing involvement with the rail agency. Given the seriousness of the , although it raised no new facts, Letsoalo was suspended to allow time for an independent investigation. This is in keeping with theAs such, the claim that “on publication of this story in” Mr Letsoalo was suspended is categorically wrong, as is any insinuation that this is what occurred. When thewith questions, we noted that the issue had been dealt with before.
Some of the links in this editorial are either incorrect or contradict the point in the paragraph to which they are linked. 1 - the link here takes one to an article about the outcome of an Equal Education inquiry and not anything to do with SANEF
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