Allow me to start my talk with a personal story that illustrates our current dilemma: In 1977, I was a guest of the State, detained in Pietermaritzburg under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act. My father was allowed to send me R10 a month, which I had to personally sign for at the Post Office. […] Read more
The last time the Constitution, Complaints Procedures and the Press Code of the Press Council were reviewed was in 2007, before the current council was appointed. The radical change then was the incorporation of the voice of the public in the system, but the dominant voice was still that of the press. So when the […] Read more
