Urgent application launched to arrest Andile Mngxitama
2 August 2017
Pretoria - The South African National Editors Forum (SANEF), amaBhungane managing partner Sam Sole and HuffPost SA editor-at-large Ferial Haffajee on Tuesday launched an urgent application in the North Gauteng High Court to arrest Black First Land First (BLF) leader Andile Mngxitama.
In court papers, they argue BLF and Mngxitama are in contempt of a court order handed down by Judge Corrie van der Westhuizen on July 7.
"Mngxitama is to be arrested and imprisoned for a period of three months (90 days) immediately upon the granting of this order," the papers read.
Their application called on the court to interdict both BLF and Mngxitama from intimidating, harassing, assaulting, threatening, coming to the homes of journalists or acting in any manner that would constitute an infringement of the personal liberty of any journalists.