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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 30: The SABC building on June 30, 2009, in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images / Business Day / Tyrone Arthur)

Journalists locked inside Johannesburg SABC building

Journo’s at the national broadcaster’s head office have been locked in the building in an attempt to stop them from joining a protest against the SABC outside the building.

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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 30: The SABC building on June 30, 2009, in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images / Business Day / Tyrone Arthur)

Karima Brown said they were locked inside the Auckland Park offices after indicating that they’d like to join the protest.

 “We’ve just received word that they have been locked inside. We need to stay here and demand that they let them out and join us,” Brown told News24.

The disciplinary proceedings against three of the SABC’s journalists were suspended following protests at the broadcaster’s Cape Town and Johannesburg offices, protesting the charges against them.