Durban – The eThekwini Municipality is tired of the bad press it receives. Its executive council on Tuesday gave the municipality’s communication unit the go-ahead to spend R163 000 for the mayor and city manager to meet the editors and journalists of media organisations in Durban and Johannesburg in an effort to “nurture a strong relationship”.
Mayor James Nxumalo and city manager S’bu Sithole plan to visit journalists of 15 mainstream newspapers – including the Daily News – community newspapers and various radio and news television bureaus operating in Durban.
Their “secondary targets” include the journalists and editors of News24, Sunday Times, New Age, The Sun Group, Mail and Guardian, Business Day, ANN7 and ENCA in Johannesburg. A budget of R60 000 was approved for the Johannesburg visits. Most of the Johannesburg news organisations have offices in Durban…
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