Freedom of Expression
Lottery spent over R1-million on lawyers to stop GroundUp exposing corruption
Attacks were also launched on the integrity of our reporter
News | 17 October 2024
Ombud finds IOL broke press code on Renaldo Gouws video
IOL says it will not apologise and is applying for leave to appeal the ruling
Law | 3 September 2024
Judge Lindiwe Rusi vs City Press: a look at the Press Ombud’s ruling
Journalists need to be careful when repeating previously published allegations
Law | 2 September 2024
Understanding the hard-hitting Press Council ruling against Iqbal Survé’s newspapers
The ruling raises serious questions about the ethics on Sunday Independent and other Independent Media publications
Law | 12 August 2024
News24 vs Sunday Independent: a look at the Press Ombud’s ruling
Opinion may be “extreme, unjust, unbalanced, exaggerated and prejudiced” but it must be “honestly-held … without malice, on a matter of public interest on facts that are true”.
Law | 18 June 2024
New law proposed to stop SLAPP suits
The Centre for Applied Legal Studies and Right2Protest hope legislators will adopt it to protect journalists and activists
News | 12 June 2024
Western Cape separatist loses complaint against Daily Maverick
A ruling by the Press Ombud has helped clarify clauses about fact versus opinion in the Press Code
Law | 9 May 2024
Kaizer Chiefs vs Sunday World: Press Ombud rules against headline
Editors may feel that rulings like this tie their hands when it comes to punchy headlines
Law | 29 April 2024
Cape Town school in the dark because it owes thousands to Eskom
A teacher at Vergenoegd Primary in Delft, Cape Town, says they discovered that the bursar office missed payments from August 2023
News | 25 March 2024