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The family of the late photographer Anton Hammerl who was killed in Libya and the South African media are mourning his death for more reasons than one. Hammerl went missing in Libya and was reported dead several weeks later.
In a statement released in the last week of April in the Star, Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was quoted as saying that the South African government had proof that he was alive. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Anton-Hammerl-was-shot-in-Libyan-desert-20110520. This turned out to be untrue after news of his death were brought to the family. Hammerl is reported to have died on the 5th of April by journalists who were freed from Libya, later the International Relations and Co-operation spokesperson Clayson Monyela denied the report saying; "That issue of the minister's quote was not captured correctly." The family have since written a letter to President Jacob Zuma requesting him to return with his body.
In a statement released in the last week of April in the Star, Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was quoted as saying that the South African government had proof that he was alive. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Anton-Hammerl-was-shot-in-Libyan-desert-20110520. This turned out to be untrue after news of his death were brought to the family. Hammerl is reported to have died on the 5th of April by journalists who were freed from Libya, later the International Relations and Co-operation spokesperson Clayson Monyela denied the report saying; "That issue of the minister's quote was not captured correctly." The family have since written a letter to President Jacob Zuma requesting him to return with his body.
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This is also a blow to the gut for aspiring journalists, some of which have expressed their discontent with the way the government handled the situation. They feel the government did not put enough preasure on the Libyan government to come out with the truth in time.
Although one might argue that people die in the line of duty all the time, his death has sparked a few questions in the minds of some South Africans. Are journalists taken seriously in the country? And the most controvercial of the lot not only to South Africans, has oil become thicker than blood?
Although one might argue that people die in the line of duty all the time, his death has sparked a few questions in the minds of some South Africans. Are journalists taken seriously in the country? And the most controvercial of the lot not only to South Africans, has oil become thicker than blood?
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