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    Source: © 123rf Icasa rules in favour of DA against SABC on flag-burning election advertisement
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      19 Oct 2022

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    Nigerian regulator says media outlet closure in Zamfara state is illegal

    18 Oct 2022

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      18 Oct 2022

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    Source © zamollxis The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (Gala) and the International Advertising Association (IAA) have released the second edition of the two-volume set, Privacy Law: A Global Legal Perspective on Data Protection Relating to Advertising & Marketing
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      26 Aug 2022

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    Copyright Amendment Bill: Battles on multiple fronts

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    Image source: Ron Lach from
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    The Pretoria High Court judge who ruled against the publication of a report on a State Security Agency document has finally made her judgment public. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp
    Judge makes U-turn on State Security Agency judgment

     19 Oct 2022

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    Nigerian regulator says media outlet closure in Zamfara state is illegal

    18 Oct 2022

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    Media groups ask Uganda's top court to scrap law over free speech fears

     18 Oct 2022

    Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Entebbe, Uganda 26 July 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters
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    Source © zamollxis The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (Gala) and the International Advertising Association (IAA) have released the second edition of the two-volume set, Privacy Law: A Global Legal Perspective on Data Protection Relating to Advertising & Marketing
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    What SA's new internet laws mean for social media indiscretions

     30 Sep 2022

    Image source: Thirdman from
    Landmark judgment a win for SA's blind community

     22 Sep 2022

    Image source: Thirdman from
    Concourt rules that Copyright Act is unconstitutional

     22 Sep 2022

    Source: © The Citizen The hounding of a state witness by three media houses has led to the baning of the live broadcasting of the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial
    Journalists' behaviour leads to broadcast ban of Senzo Meyiwa murder trial

    14 Sep 2022

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    Parodies in advertising: Addressing the hippo in the room

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