journalists and grabbed Lulekwa’s camera which she was hiding under her jacket. They smashed it on the road, destroying it, and also took her cell phone. They ordered the two to drive off ``if they didn’t want to die’’, before pelting their car with stones. April 21 Photographer safely escorted from tense suburban scene Photographer Mathews Baloyi was safely escorted out of Jeppestown in the evening just before the military and police raid of the area after residents who saw him raise his camera started threatening to beat him and other journalists for the Sunday Times pictures of Emmanuel Sithole being killed in Alex which led to the arrest of four suspects (See April 19 item above). June 1 Johannesburg Metro police stop cameramen picturing arrest of drunk driver Sanef complained to the Johannesburg Metro Police Department that JMPD officers prevented eNCA cameraman Pierre le Roux and Beeld photographer Cornel van Heerden from filming the officers arresting a drunk driver outside the South Gauteng High Court a week earlier by manhandling the journalists. In the scuffle Le Roux’s camera was damaged. Sanef was assured that an investigation had been instituted but the outcome is not known. July 27 Photographer covering parents’ violent protest against teacher shortage trampled on Daily Sun journalist Luvuyo Mehlwana was hit on the head and fell down while covering a protest march by parents against the East- ern Cape Education Department in Port Elizabeth’s northern areas over an alleged shortage of teachers. The protest turned violent and police and cars were pelted with stones. Mehlwana was trampled on as he lay on the ground and robbed of his laptop, camera, wallet and cell phone. He sustained serious injuries. His camera was recovered, but the pictures and video on it had been deleted. He opened a case of assault and theft. August 6 Police officer warns cameraman he is ``in trouble’’ if pictures taken The Citizen photographer Allister Russell was briefly detained by a police officer while taking pictures of a march on the University of Johannesburg’s Auckland Park campus by the EFF Student Command. The officer said Russell would “be in trouble” if pictures of him appeared in the newspaper. Police officers pushed him away when he tried to photograph the arrest of scores of young students. August 7 Sanef outraged by attack on journalist by former rail chief The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) expressed outrage at an attack on Rapport journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh by the former chief executive officer of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), Lucky Montana. Myburgh visited Montana’s new house in Waterkloof, Pretoria, in his car after allegations of impropriety over the financing of Montana’s properties surfaced. After Montana questioned his presence at the house, Myburgh drove off and Montana threw a brick at the car, striking a rear door which was damaged. Myburgh laid charges against Montana at a police station.