#rogue unit

Should The ‘Rogue Unit’ Reporters Be Prosecuted?

Unethical and fake news should be criminalized Adri Senekal de Wet 9/4/2018 IGI to investigate Mkhwebane, Rampedi and more over ‘rogue unit’ narrative The Citizen 4/10/2019. In April 2018, Adri Senekal de Wet, executive editor of Iqbal Surve’s financial supplement, Business Report, used the IOL online platform to promote her call for unethical and fake news to be criminalised. Her wish has been…

“For those who do not know, Rampedi is a critically acclaimed journalist in South Africa who exposed the shenanigans of a secret surveillance unit that operated within SARS.

This rogue unit is alleged to have spied on prominent political figures, and despite claims that Rampedi and his colleagues concocted the entire story, an investigation by the public protector is currently underway.” Ayanda…