President Thabo Mbeki and South African editors will meet to discuss ”mutual concerns”, the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) said on Thursday.
”Sanef values good relations with the government and other stakeholders. This meeting will allow us to discuss issues of mutual concern and benefit,” said Sanef chairperson Jovial Rantao.
Mbeki and some Cabinet ministers will meet editors on Sunday as a follow-up to a 2001 meeting.
The 2001 meeting was aimed at improving a sometimes tense relationship between the government and the South Africa’s news media.
The meeting follows the recent gathering of the World Editors Forum and the World Association of Newspapers congress held in Cape Town earlier this month. — Sapa