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Amanda Khoza, physically harassed during an uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party political rally on May 18, 2024.

Date:
18 May 2024
Place:
South Africa
Fact-check:
Verified
Reference:
IAWRT-00328

Physical violence

Men dressed in military fatigues and forming a protective cordon around MK leader Jacob Zuma took aggressive action against a group of journalists among them Amanda Khoza trying to photograph and film Zuma’s arrival at the rally in Soweto, southwest of the city of Johannesburg, according to a statement by the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), an industry body, and an account by Amanda Khoza, who covers the presidency for the privately owned digital news publication News24.
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