In South Africa, between the two extremes of throwing journalists and other free-thinkers in jail (thus effectively reverting to a police state), and letting people speak and think so freely...
The African National Congress (ANC) appears adamant about a new media appeals tribunal. The media are just as adamant that the tribunal is an attempt to muzzle critical reporting.
The Constitutional Court will hear arguments on whether a schoolboy prank - involving the doctored photograph of a deputy headmaster - can be considered defamation.
Government was concerned about negative foreign coverage of its perceived attempts to place restrictions on the press and was seeking to meet senior editors to discuss clashing views on its...
