Editors have welcomed Tuesday's ruling by the High Court in Pretoria to broadcast the murder trial of paralympian Oscar Pistorius.
The SA National Editors' Forum says the judgment will go a long way in entrenching an open, democratic society envisaged in the Constitution.
Sanef deputy chairperson, Makhudu Sefara says justice will be seen to be done.
Judge Dunstan Mlambo gave the nod for full audio and partial television broadcasts of the trial which starts next week.
He ruled that MultiChoice and Primedia be allowed to broadcast live transmissions and delayed extracts of the trial that begins next week Monday.
The application to broadcast proceedings was brought by e-News Channel Africa, joined by media houses Multi-Choice and Eyewitness News.
