blunomore
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For those of you who are intested, his interview on CNN will be aired tonight at 10pm local time on a show called ‘Connect the World’.
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CNN Interview with Mzilikazi wa Afrika Tonight
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Flanders
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Just watched it. They didn't go in-depth enough but I guess it was due to time constraints. Love the way the ANC spokesperson blabbered on about the fact that the reason for doing this would be to protect people without the financial means to take the press to task for defamation etc. What a joke. We're talking about the government (actually the ANC) here, not Joe Soap. I thought it was in the interests of classifying sensitive government information (yeah right) as opposed to exposing Themba's Corner Café for ripping the rear end out of its customers.
Guess there must be some really poor downtrodden members of the ruling party who are being bullied by the media then.
Guess there must be some really poor downtrodden members of the ruling party who are being bullied by the media then.
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Albereth
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Just watched it. They didn't go in-depth enough but I guess it was due to time constraints. Love the way the ANC spokesperson blabbered on about the fact that the reason for doing this would be to protect people without the financial means to take the press to task for defamation etc. What a joke. We're talking about the government (actually the ANC) here, not Joe Soap. I thought it was in the interests of classifying sensitive government information (yeah right) as opposed to exposing Themba's Corner Café for ripping the rear end out of its customers.
Guess there must be some really poor downtrodden members of the ruling party who are being bullied by the media then.
Two separate bills - one is to 'protect' those that are the subject of malicious reporting, the other is to hush up anything that the government does.
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Ah, ok I had it wrong. So the one to protect those from malicious reporting; is that then aimed to serve the man on the street ie. Joe Public or high-profile individuals within gvt.?
Albereth
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The answer changes depending on who you ask. This morning it was about poor people who couldn't afford to take papers to court. By this afternoon it was for everyone needing equal rights.
So far the ANC spokespeople have been unable to come up with a single case where someone has been the target of malicious reporting.
blunomore
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Suffice to say the world's media is now more than aware and watching.
blunomore
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It was very short and he did not say anything that he did not already say in the local media. It really just higlighted the surrounding issue of the MAT, etc.
Try the CNN website , maybe it is there ...?
blunomore
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That will not happen. Not over this. It will take more than that.
Probably not, but it would be funny as hell if it did.