World Report 2009: South Africa
22 January 2009
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The arrest and detention of freelance journalist Thomo Nkgadima was an intimidatory tactic aimed at deterring him from reporting on a matter of public interest.
A South African High Court judge grants interim interdict effectively blocking investigative media outlet ‘amaBhungane’ from reporting on business conglomerate.
A South African high court calls former president Jacob Zuma’s private prosecution of prosecutor Billy Downer and writer Karyn Maughan an abuse of process.