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Freedom of the press: Democracy’s lifeblood

THE late former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, in 1994 instructively described a critical, independent and investigative media as the “lifeblood of any democracy”. He went further: “It must have sufficient independence from vested interests to be bold and inquiring without fear or favour. It must enjoy the protection of the Constitution so that…

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