Media News - Monday, October 15, 2007

South Africa’s Sunday Times editor to be arrested

South Africa's Sunday Times editor Mondli Makhanya and a senior journalist are expecting to be arrested for alleged illegal possession of the Minister of Health's medical records. The Times reported on Sunday that Makhanya and deputy managing editor, Jocelyn Maker, would be booked this week and "hauled off" to Cape Town in connection with charges of theft and contravening Section 17 of the National Health Act. The anticipated action follows reports in August about the "shocking behaviour" of Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang while she was a patient at a Cape Town clinic. "Since the investigation into the missing records began," the Times reported "several sources, including intelligence and government officials, have warned the Sunday Times that Makhanya and Maker's cellphones, among others, are being tapped. "They also said that operatives around the country were trying to dig up 'dirt' on the editor and the journalists involved in the story." The paper reported further that senior government officials and ANC leaders had also privately warned for several months that President Thabo Mbeki's inner circle was unhappy about critical reporting by the Sunday Times. (Independent Online South Africa)

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