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Why South Africa Must Defend Francesca Albanese – and the Principle of Equal Justice

November 3, 2025
The invitation to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories ……

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Balancing Freedom and Safety for online regulation

October 17, 2025
South Africa’s online-speech moment is complicated—and it should be. The Dept of Communications and Digital Technologies recently invited ……

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SA’s free expression heroes are being silenced… and we’re looking the other way

September 16, 2025
In the same week that American right-wing political influencer Charlie Kirk was gunned down on a Utah university campus, South African insol……

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Big Tech in SA exposed in chilling WhatsApp, Instagram child sex accounts case

July 28, 2025
Nicole Fritz asks when will Big Tech play by South Africa’s rules to protect the most vulnerable?……

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Navigating copyright law and AI development

July 4, 2025
SA has some complex issues to consider about the intersection of generative AI and copyright, writes Nicole Fritz. ……

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Balancing act – South Africa’s constitutional court tackles copyright bill and public interest concerns

June 2, 2025
How deep the irony that as Trump attempted a crass humiliation of South Africa’s president over the property rights of white farmers, our ……..

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Courts are being used to silence journalists and activists

April 2, 2025
Companies and officials are using legal measures meant for domestic violence victims to gag reporters……

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It’s grossly dishonest to claim South Africa has more race laws than ever before

March 24, 2025
The claim that South Africa has 142 active racial laws on the statute books is seriously misleading, containing many laws that can only be s……

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