{"id":54168,"date":"2024-08-14T08:04:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T08:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/government-and-king-to-be-afforded-72hours-to-respond-only-on-investigative-and-critical-news"},"modified":"2024-08-14T08:16:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T08:16:34","slug":"government-and-king-to-be-afforded-72hours-to-respond-only-on-investigative-and-critical-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/government-and-king-to-be-afforded-72hours-to-respond-only-on-investigative-and-critical-news","title":{"rendered":"Government and King to be Afforded 72Hours to Respond only on Investigative and Critical News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Zweli Martin Dlamini,the editor has clarified that, Government, Ministers,the King including public officials will be given seventy-two hours(72) hours to respond only on critical articles.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This comes after the Mpumalanga High Court issued an order directing the editor to give the Government, Ministers,the King and all public officials seventy-two(72) hours to respond to questions, the Government had demanded seven(7) days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have read the court order and it refers to critical articles without giving clarity who will decide and clarify what is a critical article. So I urge public figures to ensure that they respond as soon as possible, in the meantime, we will afford Government and the King the said 72 hours on what I(as the editor) believes is a critical article until I receive a proper definition from the court \u201cwhat is a critical article according to the court order\u201d and what measures are used to define that, this is a critical article. Therefore in other urgent articles, public figures will be given, three(3) more or less hours for breaking or urgent news\u201d, said the editor.<\/p>\n<p>The editor further clarified that, various international human rights organizations are analyzing the court order to fully understand it if does not undermine media freedom. He said to the best of his understanding, the court order was meant to promote fairness not to undermine the constitutional right to information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have always afforded the Government an opportunity to respond and they opted to release a Circular saying they won\u2019t respond to a terrorist entities, I hope they will respect the court order and respond\u201d, said the editor when giving clarity on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The editor maintained that breaking news will not wait for seventy-two(72) hours before being published as to his understanding, that\u2019s not what the court order suggests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Eswatini Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Zweli Martin Dlamini,the editor has clarified that, Government, Ministers,the King including public officials will be given seventy-two hours(72) hours to respond only on critical articles. 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