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25 May 2012
   
 
 
Article by: Sapa
 
 
 

South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Blade Nzimande on Thursday criticised the role of the media in democracies.

 

"Whilst media can be a very important ally to democracy, at the same time it can be a severe obstacle to advancement," Nzimande said in Johannesburg.


Nzimande said that ideologies and ownership of the media were issues to be looked it.


Nzimande also criticised democracies on the African continent.


"What we refer to as a multiparty democracies is just a recycling of elites," he said.


He accused democratically elected leaders of serving western interests at the expense of their own populace.

 

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SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande (Picture by: Duane Daws)
 
SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande (Picture by: Duane Daws)
 
 
 
 
 
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