There is a strong framework of international laws and conventions that defend free speech, but Uganda continues to limit freedom of expression
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 12 September 2007
			
		
		There is background to why Dali Mpofu, supremo at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), announced last week that the broadcaster was severing ties with the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef). On the SABC side, the broadcaster’s leadership sees itself as a ”responsible” player in nation-building and promoting the ”national interest”.