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SA editor is a hero

NEWSWATCH: The International Press Institute (IPI) announced yesterday, Wednesday, 19 May 2010, that South African editor Laurence Gandar has been declared a World Press Freedom Hero, reports Mail & Guardian, and the Mobile TV Consortium is crying foul because MultiChoice was allegedly allowed to submit a late licensing application to ICASA, says Business Report.

20 May 2010

SA editor is a hero

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Mail & Guardian: SA editor declared World Press Freedom Hero... Gandar will be honoured at a ceremony in September.
Business Report: Communication: TV consortium takes on Icasa... The Mobile TV Consortium has referred the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to the Public Protector's office following an allegation that the regulatory body allowed the pay-TV broadcaster to submit an application for a mobile television broadcasting licence... after the deadline had closed.

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