Freedom of Expression
Bester and Magudumana fail to stop TV documentary
Four-part Showmax series on the Facebook rapist starts Friday
Law | 15 March 2024
Google moves against notorious spam news website
BNN Breaking no longer appears high up in search results
Brief | 12 March 2024
Google and Facebook are killing local news
By Nathan Geffen and Anton van Zyl
Analysis | 6 March 2024
Photographing an eviction in Cape Town
I placed a GoPro on my camera to show what’s happening from a photographer’s perspective
Video | 29 February 2024
Judges grapple with use of “ma se p…”
Court considers nuances of grammar in decision to acquit man
Law | 29 February 2024
Crowd storms police station after Komani protest leaders arrested
A planned shutdown of the Eastern Cape town was thwarted by police
Brief | 23 February 2024
South African journalists hold vigil in solidarity with Palestinian journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists has recorded 83 deaths since 7 October but is investigating many other unconfirmed deaths of reporters
Brief | 28 January 2024
Aussie mining company “SLAPP suit” partly settled out of court
Six South African defendants have reached an agreement with Mineral Commodities Ltd
By John Yeld
News | 22 November 2023
“Activist” ordered to remove defamatory social media posts
“Believing that one pursues a worthy cause in the public interest does not justify publishing false statements about another party”
Law | 19 October 2023