Freedom of Expression

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Police disperse Zimbabwean protesters in Cape Town

Demonstration was in solidarity with human rights protests in Zimbabwe

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News | 31 July 2020

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United Civil Society in Action sues GroundUp and the National Lotteries Commission

Case brought after GroundUp exposed dodgy grants and looting of funds

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News | 17 June 2020

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Case brought by Aussie miners is “an abuse of legal process” say defendants

Plaintiffs warn of “dangerous” development of the law if defendants’ pleas upheld

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News | 11 June 2020

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Defamation case aims to censor activists, says Budlender

Case has begun in Cape High Court involving three environmental lawyers and three activists who were critical of mines in Xolobeni and Lutzville

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Law | 10 June 2020

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R14m defamation case between Australian miners and critics will make legal history

Defendants argue this is a ‘SLAPP’ suit

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Law | 8 June 2020

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Landmark ruling for science journalists

Appeal committee of press council frees media from having to create false balance

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GroundView | 20 March 2020

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Concourt rules apartheid intimidation legislation unconstitutional

1982 law criminalised free speech

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Law | 22 October 2019

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Freedom of expression under threat, new campaign warns

SLAPP suit adversaries to fight it out in Cape High Court

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News | 29 May 2019

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Here are the arguments for and against banning the old South African flag

The Nelson Mandela Foundation and Afriforum are opposing each other in the Johannesburg Equality Court

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Law | 29 April 2019