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Incidents in South Africa, outcome sustained

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19 October 1977South AfricaRSF 2026 rank: 21st of 180

South Africa bans The World and Weekend World newspapers and detains editor Percy Qoboza

On October 19, 1977, a day South Africans came to call Black Wednesday, the government banned the newspapers The World and Weekend World and had the Special Branch police arrest editor Percy Qoboza and deputy editor Aggrey Klaaste. Qoboza…

Licensing and closure of outlets · Stage Silence · Head of government Balthazar Johannes Vorster · Sustained

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