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20 May 2013
                       
 
 
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02 Feb 2012
 
 
PP: Submission by Thuli Mdonsela, the Public Protector, to the Press Freedom Commission (02/02/2012)
Statements

Contents
1. INTRODUCTION 3
2. WHY SHOULD THE PUBLIC PROTECTOR BE CONCERNED? 4
3. IS MEDIA SELF- REGULATION EFFECTIVE? 6
3.2 Balancing human rights 7
3.3...

 
 
17 Jan 2011
 
How will South Africa Talk Democracy without a Free Press?
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
The fate of media self-regulation in South Africa now rests with parliament. At inception, South Africa’s post-apartheid press laws and regulatory framework were moulded on international...
 
 
25 Aug 2010
 
Statement by the FW de Klerk Foundation, on the proposed media appeals tribunal (25/08/2010)
Statements

The ANC is intent on pushing for the establishment of a Media Appeals Tribunal (MAT) in the run-up to its National General Council (NGC) next month. The proposal has its roots in a resolution...

 
 
29 Jan 2010
 
Cosatu: Statement by Patrick Craven, Congress of South African Trade Unions spokesperson, calling for an end to World Cup pricing exploitation (29/01/2010)
Statements

The Congress of South African Trade Unions is absolutely shocked and outraged at a report in the UK newspaper, News of the World (NoW), that light-up models of the South African World Cup mascot...

 
 
09 Jul 2007
 
Earth underwhelmed by environment pop extravaganza
CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERTS
They rocked the world, but as the clean-up at nine climate change gigs around the globe begins, many wonder if the galaxy of pop stars did much to change it.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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