The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) has welcomed the arrest of suspects following the attack on two journalists at Fish Hoek Beach over the weekend.
“On Saturday, eNCA journalist Monique Mortlock was assaulted while attempting to interview an anti-mask protest organizer at Fish Hoek Beach. The man refused to speak to her and ripped her mask off, while another journalist, Athi Mtongana from Newzroom Afrika, was also attacked,” SANEF said.
Mortlock tweeted at the time that one of the event organizers had refused to speak to her because she was wearing a mask and had assaulted her. Another protester allegedly threw her phone to the ground when she attempted to conduct an interview.
Mtongana also tweeted that her phone was slapped out of her hand.
A local publication previously reported that the man arrested after the alleged assault, had been sent to the district surgeon to establish whether he needed a psychiatric evaluation.
He was due to appear in the Simon’s Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of assault and breach of the Disaster Management Act regulations.
“SANEF is encouraged to hear about the swift interventions of law enforcement agencies who reacted to the shocking attack on the two women journalists at the weekend and arrested some of the demonstrators concerned,” the organization said in a statement.
“Some [protesters] broke the law and endangered the lives of the journalists on the scene by forcing them to take off their masks. SANEF wishes to remind communities that forcefully removing someone’s mask is an infringement to their rights to safety by the same people who want their stories told.”
The organization added that attacks on journalists by members of the public “is becoming a worrying trend”.
-The Citizen
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