The high court ruled banning the release of tax information was unconstitutional. Sars disagrees, saying is not only wrong but makes an exception of the former president
Media lawyer says info Bill could’ve meant jail for the journalists who reported on suspended police boss Bheki Cele’s signing off a dodgy tender.
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/ 10 February 2012
South Africans can participate in the fight for freedom of expresson at the Constitutional Conference.
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/ 23 November 2011
We look at what sort of stories would never have made it to print had the Protection of State Information Bill been enacted into law at the time.
A statutory media tribunal would not only be unconstitutional but it would not solve the plethora of problems in the industry, a discussion group concluded on Tuesday. Jane Duncan from the Freedom of Expression Institute said the proposed body would obviously be unconstitutional, and would not fly.
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/ 21 October 2007
Several weeks ago the Constitutional Court ruled in a landmark case on religious and cultural expression in public schools. In 2004, Sunali Pillay, then a learner at Durban Girls’ High School, pierced her nose and inserted a small gold stud. The school objected to the stud on the basis that it contravened the school’s code of conduct.