The title of this video was kind of misleading. At first, I thought that Western media and/or journalists are banned from SA period. Julius Malema was holding a press conference and kicked the BBC reporter out: most likely because he was White (not to doubt that for a moment), but because he also was being provocative and attempted to push around Malema. In my opinion, the person holding the press conference should be allowed to control the environment of the press conference.

Let’s say I was holding a press conference, a reporter was trying to accuse me of having 3 mistresses outside my marriage. For argument’s sake it is false. Not only would the reporter be asking a sensitive question, but also a question that would enable my wife to develop a sense of mistrust toward me as the other media personnel at the conference would report my action of kicking out the reporter. It is an uncomfortable question to be asked whether guilty or not.

So, my point is that Western media is not exactly BANNED from SA, it was this Black populist leader kicking out a reporter.