South Africa 2014 violations & victories 13 January Freelance journalist, Michael Tsele, shot dead by police while covering a local protest against lack of water and sanitation services. 18 January Daily Sun journalist Ricky Dire assaulted by police after he photographed police allegedly accepting a bribe from Chinese shop owners. 10 February Freelance journalist Sandiso Phaliso detained in Cape Town after photographing police officers at the scene of a vigilante attack. He was arrested and forced to delete his photos. 26 February Media photographers banned from Eminem concert in Cape Town, just days before the event, even though they have obtained accreditation. 25 April eNCA journalist, Nikolaus Bauer, assaulted and threatened by a police officer guarding President Jacob Zuma during his election campaign. The bodyguard grabbed Bauer’s cellphone camera and deleted pictures. May During the election, SABC management ordered senior SABC news executives not to broadcast footage of the crowds attending opposition election rallies.