Freedom of expression a right

THE historic Black Wednesday, commemorated on October 19 every year to mark the day on which the apartheid regime banned black organisations, including the media, in 1977 continues to be observed as such even in the post-1994 dispensation.

This new order, under the ANC-led government for 26 years now, is different from the erstwhile regime in that media freedom is a right enshrined in the Constitution, which is considered the supreme law of the land.

However, it would be naive to look at the question of media freedom from the same angle and perspective as if we were still in the times of the Broederbond and apartheid (although they are still entrenched in the fabric of our society). Unfortunately! Freedom of expression is still repressed, albeit in a veiled, subtle and dangerous manner.

This condition feeds the adage that says the enemy you