Tag Archives: media tribunal

How things work

By 6000 | 6000 | March 31, 2011

A great letter in today’s Cape Times from John Walmsley of the Nuclear Institute rebuffing the concerns of opponents to nuclear power in the wake of the troubles at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan. I’m trying to get hold of the full text, but there was one thing which I found particularly pertinent, especially while the [...]

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Mixed messages from PnP et al

By 6000 | 6000 | August 19, 2010

A lot has already been said about the allegedly “proposed” Media Appeals Tribunal (MAT) and the despicable Protection of Information Bill (PIB), not least in that post last week on here. And so it continues with Gareth Ackerman, chairman of local retail giant Pick n Pay weighing in with his opinion: Pick n Pay recognises [...]

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If you want media freedom

By 6000 | 6000 | August 6, 2010

Ah – about time I passed comment on the Sunday Times journalist thing. And by “thing” I mean the arrest of Sunday Times investigative reporter Mzilikazi wa Afrika on Wednesday by the Hawks. Since then, the charges against him have been thrown out, then (possibly) reinstated and he has now been freed on R5,000 bail. [...]

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