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27 May 2012
                       
 
 
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07 Sep 2010
 
 
Sanef: Letter to the President of South Africa, by the South African National Editors Forum, on media freedom (07/09/2010)
Statements

Mr. President:

Agence France Presse, The Associated Press, Bloomberg and Reuters welcome your call for debate on media and media freedoms in South Africa.

As international news...

 
 
21 Jan 2010
 
Polity - News this week
NEWS
JOHANNESBURG - The leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) will not be drawn into "street fights" over positions, the party's secretary general Gwede Mantashe, says. "We are not going to...
 
 
18 Jan 2010
 
DA complains about new SABC law
COMMUNICATIONS
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to the Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda to object to a proposed law that aims to levy a 1% personal income tax on working South Africans to fund the...
 
 
14 Jan 2010
 
ANC Chief Whip rejects proposed pardon law
PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS
The Office of the African National Congress (ANC) Chief Whip said on Thursday that it would "reject" a proposed law by the Democratic Alliance (DA) that would guide the President on granting...
 
 
29 Aug 2008
 
Built Environment Professions Bill should be halted
SOUTH AFRICA
There was a degree of anxiety among some in the engineering profession earlier in the year about what was perceived to be the "unseemly haste" at which the Built Environment Professions Bill was...
 
 
14 Aug 2008
 
Zambia plans to reposses land to explore for oil
ZAMBIA
Zambia has proposed new powers to allow the president repossess land held by influential traditional leaders and award it to foreign investors to conduct oil exploration. A proposed petroleum...
 
 
28 May 2008
 
Uganda sets up war crimes tribunal for rebels
UGANDA
Uganda has appointed judges to preside over a special war crimes tribunal to try leaders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which the rebels hope will help them avoid prosecution by an...
 
 
15 Aug 2007
 
Hundreds in gagged march against Kenya media bill
KENYA
Hundreds of Kenyan journalists taped their mouths shut in silent protest on Wednesday against a new media bill that would force them to disclose their sources for any story that gives rise to a...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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