Contortion of bitterness and rage, constituted the axing of the very one I respected the most in my field, Eric Miyeni. “Who the devil is she anyway if not a black snake in the grass, deployed by white capital to sow discord among blacks? In the 80s she'd probably have had a burning tyre around her neck,” the pen writes
Shocking!
Even though his ranting spews soulless and gutter journalism, he somewhat has a dodgy arguable right, which you all know very well is called “freedom of speech”.
I’m not the first to admit that Miyeni’s column was full of unwarranted wobble but if his Editor removed the fiery reference to a disturbing way of killing people, the debate about whether South African media is dictated to by its owners, the role of Malema and nationalisation should be allowed to continue.
Miyeni will no longer be a part of that debate in The Sowetan as his column has been revoked; however does that mean that commenters on news sites should be barred from commenting if they cross the same greyish line that he did?
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