Freedom of Expression

Bester and Magudumana fail to stop TV documentary

Four-part Showmax series on the Facebook rapist starts Friday

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Law | 15 March 2024

Google moves against notorious spam news website

BNN Breaking no longer appears high up in search results

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Brief | 12 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

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Video | 29 February 2024

Judges grapple with use of “ma se p…”

Court considers nuances of grammar in decision to acquit man

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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Law | 19 October 2023