Africa: May 2000

Lingering Legacy: Apartheid and the South African Press

By: Lyn Graybill

Description: "All the [South African] media-with the exception of the alternative press-violated the public's basic right to information on what had been done on their behalf in the name of apartheid. . . . By keeping the public in the dark, they contributed to a climate in which human rights abuses against blacks could and did prevail."

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