There was a request by the International Intellectual Property Alliance for the US to investigate but it hasn't gone anywhere. We don't appear on the Special 301 Review list:
https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/intellectual-property/special-301/2022-special-301-review
This is called "BEE fronting" and was made illegal. It was/is quite a common way of pretending to meet the BEE requirements while actually continuing to employ only white people to positions of influence. Being caught doing this is punishable by fines, blacklisting, and up to ten years'...
That's the understatement of the year.
Also, I'm not aware there is any real media censorship in South Africa today. Political, I should say... Obviously some things are still deemed illegal
At least one person here thinks it's the banning of corporal punishment! I personally think it's just greed and corruption and incompetence, which happens irrespective of BEE or AA. BEE can be implemented with hiring properly qualified people, that's not the problem. BEE and cadre deployment or...