Govt reporters told to put up or shut up?

It is said that Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration ,Lesego Motsumi, called a meeting of senior officials at the Department of Information Services instructing the officers that it is the General Orders of the Public Service that should guide them - and not journalism ethics (code of conduct).

Employees, who preferred not to be identified, said that the minister was in the company of Coordinator of Government Communications and Information Services (BGCIS) Jeff Ramsay and his officials.