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Iqbal Survé - New Owner of Independent Newspapers

Iqbal Survé is the Independent News and Media South Africa (INMSA) and Sekunjalo chairperson. He accused rival Times Media Group of a "dirty tricks" campaign to rob his group of revenue and readers, and initially laid criminal charges against one of its editors and a reporter over a story. The story was about a preliminary public protector finding that the awarding of a fisheries tender by the agriculture, forestry and fisheries department, to Sekunjalo Marine Services Consortium, was improper.He also fired Alide Dasnois, editor of the Cape Times, who published a similar article. Critics have denounced the Dasnois dismissal as the most severe assault on press freedom since the apartheid era.

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