Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I -- Setting the parameters -- 1. Introduction -- 2. But what, then, is media freedom? -- Part II -- Colonialism's terra incognita -- 3. Before 1800 -- The Post Tree, the "discoverers", the Dutch, Adam Tas, a plea letter, the Cape Patriots, and first expressions of freedom of expression -- 4. The turn of the century and onward -- British colonialism, the first fighters for press freedom, the "Magna Carta", and the foundation for South Africa's media industry -- 5. The second half of the 19th century The two Colonies, the two Republics, the beginning of media empires, and the National Press Union -- Part III -- The unfreedoms of White Unionism and White Nationalism -- 6. The period 1900 to 1948 -- The War, Union, Afrikaner Nationalism and partisan journalism on both sides of the language divide -- 7. The period 1948 to 1990 -- Media (un)freedom under apartheid -- Part IV -- The new democracy dawns -- 8. The period 1990 to 2009 -- Democracy and its pillar, media freedom -- 9. The period from 2009 onward -- The Tribunal, the Secrecy Bill, Zumacracy, Ramaphoria ... and a pandemic -- Addendum. The Press Code of Ethics and Conduct for South African Print and Online Media (Effective from 1 January 2020) Copyright: 2020 PCSA -- Selected Sources -- Index -- Endnotes.
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