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NBC 'switched off'

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Information and Broadcasting, Gabriel Sgihepo on Wednesday barred a television and radio news crew from covering a press conference called by the Congress of Democrats (CoD).

    According to 'The Namibian', Shihepo "hauled" two Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) parliamentary journalists out of a press conference held by the CoD shortly after the party walked out of the National Assembly.

    NBC Director-General Ben Mulongeni supported Shihepo and was quoted by 'The Namibian' as saying that the journalists were "wrong to take a camera from the National Assembly to the press conference". He said the NBC staff who went to the CoD press conference would face disciplinary action.

    The Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Namibian Chapter said it would investigate the withdrawal of the NBC crew. Bridget Pickering, a Misa Namibia board member, said: "NBC is a public broadcaster and we feel that they should cover news events if they feel it is important. The journalists
    should decide and I don't think they should be penalised for that."

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