‘Good luck, sisi’ – ENCAC CEO confronts reporter
Reading Time: 3 minutesTHE words ‘good luck, sisi’ marked the end of what a reporter describes as an uncomfortable telephone conversation with Eswatini National Council of Arts and Culture (ENCAC) Chief Executive Officer Stanley Dlamini, following a story questioning the council’s handling of concerns raised by creatives. The call came after an earlier telephone conversation between the reporter and ENCAC Communications Officer Mxolisi Dlamini, during which an attempt was made to explain the editorial reasoning behind the article titled ‘CEO goes live, but questions remain’. During the earlier conversation, the reporter explained that the story focused on the nature of the Facebook live engagement advertised by ENCAC and the absence of direct responses to questions raised by viewers. Howe…
