The following are the submissions / presentations made to the "Free, Fair and Open Conference" organised by the Campaign for Open Media, Cape Town, 31 January to 2 February 1992.
The Chief State law advisor has dismissed an avalanche of criticism of the Protection of Information Bill as "emotional and hysterical" and insisted that it was constitutional.
Chief state law advisor Enver Daniels has dismissed the avalanche of criticism of the Protection of Information Bill and insists the draft act is constitutional.
Lawmakers were warned again on Thursday that the Protection of Information Bill would not survive Constitutional Court scrutiny because it rode roughshod over media freedom and the democratic values of...
The Protection of Information Bill should be withdrawn and substantially redrafted because it would not stand constitutional muster as it stood, MPs heard yesterday as public hearings on the controversial...
Cosatu and the Freedom of Expression Institute have expressed concern about political meddling in news coverage by the SABC and have warned this would compromise the independence of the public...
JOHANNESBURG ? The Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) is ?gravely concerned? about seemingly increasing political interference in the South African media, the institute?s executive director, Ayesha Kajee, said yesterday.
Stakeholders attending the symposium include: Department of Education, Freedom of Expression Institute, Family Policy Institute, Watchdog International, Moral...
