THE South African National Editors’ Forum said on Sunday it would launch a Media Freedom Campaign to force changes to laws restricting freedom of expression, access to information and other constitutionally protected rights. In a statement issued after its second annual general meeting in Durban, Sanef said while relations between politicians and journalists had improved, legislation that restricted the free flow of information remained on the statue books. Sanef, which comprises the editors of most of the country’s main newspapers and magazines and senior journalists in print and electronic media, was satisfied with a recent agreement with the government to introduce safeguards to prevent the indiscriminate use of Section 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act against journalists. During the apartheid era, the section was used to subpoena journalists to testify in court, and they were often forced to reveal their sources.