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# Media freedoms and the constitution in South Africa
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/media-freedoms-and-constitution-in-south-africa/
- Published: 2010-08-31T16:08:01.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:09:34.000Z
- Description: Professor Pierre de Vos, South African constitutional law expert, in conversation with Tony Curzon Price on the Information Bill; the ANC is a complex coalition that will ultimately act in a trustworthy way with freedom of the press
- Author: Tony Curzon Price
- Tags: Africa, #Migrated, Politics & activism, Cape Town, Democracy and government, South Africa, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 17:02

Pierre de Vos explains the constitutional position of freedom of expression in South Africa and the role of the press as a counterveiling power in a “dominant party democracy”. He thinks that the Bill will not pass in its current form, that the constitutional court is a strong and independent power, that there are important forces within the ANC who understand the importance of a strong and independent press - for the good of the ANC’s legitimacy as much as anything else.

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