SANEF requests a meeting with ANN7 Editor following dismissal of eight staff members

Kolping Mbumba

27 June 2016

The South African National Editors Forum says it will request a meeting with ANN7 Editor Moegsien Williams following the alleged dismissal of eight staff members at the television station.

It's understood the employees were fired on Friday and a further 12 others received final written warnings.

The group allegedly chased African National Congress Youth League President Collen Maine away from their Midrand offices in April, when he tried to address them following an open letter sent out on behalf of Oakbay workers.

The letter was an appeal to four South African banks to restore relations with the Gupta-owned company saying their livelihoods were at stake.