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9 February 2012
                       
 
 
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02 Feb 2012
 
 
 
 
Submission of the Public Protector to the Press Freedom Commission (February 2012)
PRESS FREEDOM
Public Protector’s submission to the Press Freedom Commission on press freedom and the regulation of print media in South Africa and the review of the press council of South Africa.
 
 
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...

 
 
Ombud pivotal in press regulation
INFO BILL
The role of the Press Ombudsman is pivotal in creating an efficient self-regulating print media, the Press Freedom Commission (PFC) heard on Wednesday. Public Protector Thuli Madonsela told the...
 
 
30 Jan 2012
 
DA: Statement by Mmusi Maimane, Democratic Alliance spokesperson, on the Press Freedom Commission (30/01/2012)
Statements

This morning I represented the Democratic Alliance (DA) at the public hearings of the Press Freedom Commission in Johannesburg. I made it clear that the DA has been, and continues to be, a...

 
 
20 Jan 2012
 
Cosatu: Submission by the Congress of South African Trade Unions, to the Press Freedom Commission (20/01/2012)
Statements

Introduction
1. COSATU is appreciative of the opportunity to participate in the public hearings of the Press Freedom Commission (PFC) on the regulation of print media in South Africa....

 
 
18 Nov 2011
 
Statement by the FW De Klerk Foundation, on demographic representivity and the media (18/11/2011)
Statements

The print media is again under fire for its failure to 'transform' and to ‘diversify’. Parliament has been scrutinizing the country's leading media groups and has found...

 
 
02 Nov 2011
 
SA: Reply to Parliamentary questions, by Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa, in the National Assembly (02/11/2011)
2011

Date: 03/11/2011

Source: The Presidency

Title: SA: Reply to Parliamentary questions, by Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa, in the National Assembly

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Three cheers for South Africa
INSIGHT AFRICA
“A week is a long time in politics” is attributed to Harold Wilson, the former Labour Prime Minister of Britain. What this is supposed to signify is that political fortunes can change very...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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