Pretoria News Weekend

A ‘voice for the voiceless’

PRESS freedom in South Africa is guaranteed. But it’s “fragile”, that’s why Reporters Without Borders ranked South Africa 31 out of 180 countries in its 2020 World Press Freedom Index.

The organisation observed in its report: “South Africa’s 1996 constitution protects press freedom.

The state security agency spies on some journalists

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