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South Africa Saturday issued a ban on all television...
UPI Archives, 1985-11-02
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- South Africa bans television and photographic coverage of unrest under a state of emergency
- Claim 180: Minister Louis le Grange said the government was concerned about television and other camera crews being present in unrest situations that proved to be a catalyst to further violence.
- Claim 181: A government gazette notice made it an offense under the emergency regulations to take any sound or visual recording of a riot situation.
- Claim 182: South Africa's Foreign Correspondents Association condemned the measure as the start of what it called a slide toward a completely controlled press.
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