Journalist Suna Venter still committed to SABC despite being shot in face

“I am committed to the SABC. I am committed to healing the SABC in any way that I can from the position I sit in, and I will continue to do that no matter what anybody does to me,” says Venter.

“If you are asking me if it makes me or any of the SABC 8 feel that we are not going to push ahead with our demands, then it’s an absolute no,” she added.

Venter was speaking to Jacaranda News after revealing she had been shot in the face while at a restaurant in Linden, Johannesburg. She is part of the SABC 8, a group of staff who were fired from the public broadcaster for protesting against then CEO Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s censorship. They have been embroiled in a court case to get their jobs back.

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Suna Venter said she had her car broken into at a secret location she had been hiding at and her house trashed while she was out on October 8. Busisiwe Ntuli’s house was also broken into, a worker at Foeta Krige’s home was held at gunpoint during a robbery, and Venter was shot at while driving and told “next time we won’t miss” in a text message. Ntuli was nearly driven off the road while driving, and the lawyer representing the eight was offered a bribe and told if he did not take it, ‘the girl dies’.

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