SA journalists and Gaza crisis: A plea for ethical reporting

ISRAEL has been indiscriminately slaughtering men, women and children with impunity for close to two years. Among the civilian casualties are a swath of journalists whom the occupier's army appears to be targeting.

- XOLILE MTEMBU

A tally maintained by International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) claims that 233 journalists have been killed as of August 26, 219 of whom were Palestinian.

The Peoples Media Consortium (PMC) has expressed deep sadness about the killings and called for the South African media to uphold media ethics and report on the atrocities.

"National media organisations cannot remain silent about this and the local enablers and supporters of the genocide," the PMC said.

This comes after the Daily Maverick was accused of silencing Gaza voices after Professor Pierre de Vos, a well-known legal expert, claimed on X that editor Jillian Green informed him that the media outlet would not publish his Gaza reflection article.