Saturday, November 19, 2011

Censorship Creeping Back In South Africa

Image: The front page of South Africa's Mail & Guardian newspaper.

South African Newspaper Blacks Out Front Page In Censorship Protest -- The Guardian

Mail & Guardian evokes apartheid era following legal threat against linking presidential aide Mac Maharaj to shady arms deal.

A leading South African newspaper has blacked out several columns in its latest issue, echoing censorship of the apartheid era, after being threatened with criminal prosecution by a presidential aide.

The weekly Mail & Guardian was forced to pull a front page story about Mac Maharaj's possible involvement in a shady arms deal. Maharaj, a former Robben Island prisoner who helped smuggle out Nelson Mandela's autobiography, is now spokesman for president Jacob Zuma.

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My Comment: Goodbye to the old boss ... hello to the new boss.

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