students, Kelvin Baloyi, had been shot dead at point-blank range. SANEF condemned the harassment of Ndebele, which it viewed in the broader context of increasing police hostility and intimidation towards journalists. It called for the immediate release of his equipment. November 29 Censored The Citizen morning daily reported that Editor Steven Motale, who had been sus-pended from his duties earlier in the month, had been dismissed. He was accused of failing to “follow agreed-upon editorial procedures and to uphold his editorial duties” which had “led to an irretrievable breakdown in the relationship of trust and confidence between the editor and the publisher of the newspaper”. Motale, who was reportedly dismissed without a hearing, claims he has had to contend with improper managerial interference in editorial affairs, including news content and processes to hire journalists. Publisher Eureka Zandberg denied that the content of stories published in the paper were at issue.