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# How serious are the assaults on press freedom in South Africa?
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/how-serious-are-assaults-on-press-freedom-in-south-africa/
- Published: 2010-08-30T20:08:26.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:09:34.000Z
- Description: The proposed Information BiIl and Media Tribunals are a serious assault on press freedom in South Africa. They ultimately come out of the internal wranglings of a party that needs not fear the loss of office
- Author: Tony Curzon Price
- Tags: Africa, #Migrated, Politics & activism, Johannesburg, Democracy and government, South Africa, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 17:02

Tony Curzon Price [interviews](http://iq2.podbean.com/mf/web/vvh5v/AntonHarber28082010.mp3?ref=opendemocracy.net) Anton Harber, leading journalist, editor and media academic in South Africa. What are the proposed reforms? What is their likely impact, and what is the cause of the assault?

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