Government welcomes Boeremag sentencing

29 Oct 2013

Government welcomes the sentencing of 20 Boeremag members who were convicted of high treason and given jail terms of between five and 30 years by North Gauteng High Court. The charge arose from a rightwing plot in the late 1990s and early 2000s to overthrow the government.

The decade-long trial, shows how the attainment for freedom and democracy, has changed the lives of the people in the country. South Africa is now a democratic country, which is safeguarded by the constitution across the world and the Bill of Rights.

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Presidency corrects distortions in the media

23 October 2013

The Presidency has noted reports in certain media, suggesting that President Jacob Zuma insinuated that Africans were backward and that they should stop thinking like "Africans in Africa and accept that Gauteng roads were not like some national road in Malawi or Pietermaritzburg or Rustenburg.”
The words have regrettably been taken out of context and blown completely out of proportion.

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Government commemorates Media Freedom Day

18 October 2013

Government joins the country’s media industry in commemorating Media Freedom Day which resulted in legislative guarantees of press freedom and editorial independence.  On October 19, 1977, South Africa's apartheid government banned three publications and outlawed 17 anti-apartheid groups during the one-day crackdown, which came to be known as Black Wednesday.

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MDDA and Sanlam to invest more to boost Local Media Awards

16 October 2013

The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) and Sanlam, co-sponsors and organisers of the MDDA-Sanlam Local Media Awards, have announced that they will invest more in the Awards by introducing new categories for the competition.

The new categories as well as the date for the opening of entries will be announced prior to the opening of the entries for the 2013 competition in November.

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