SANEF commends Sunday World Editor in Chief Wally Mbhele.
19 April 2021
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) commends Sunday World Editor in Chief Wally Mbhele for decisive action against assignment editor Aubrey Mothombeni.
Mothombeni was fired after a disciplinary process found him guilty of attempting to solicit a one million Rand bribe with the promise of doing away with a story.
According to Mbhele they had an audio recording of a meeting Mothombeni attended, where he solicited the bribe.
SANEF applauds Mbhele for declining Mothombeni’s resignation and pushing ahead with the disciplinary process. Soliciting a bribe is the worst ethical lapse by a journalist who by profession is bestowed with enormous responsibility to tell the South African story without fear or favour.