Changes to South Africa’s press regulations, announced last week by industry regulator the Press Council, have been widely received as positive and progressive but are not guaranteed to improve the relationship between the government and the media.
In the wake of the Marikana massacre, information is trickling into the public domain suggesting that the police killing of workers was more premeditated than initially thought.
South Africans should not only focus on government restrictions, but need to become more vigilant about businesses that censor Internet freedom.