# South Africa Saturday issued a ban on all television...

UPI Archives, 1985-11-02

- Address: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/11/02/South-Africa-Saturday-issued-a-ban-on-all-television/6517499755600/
- Kind: reporting
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
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## Cited by

- [South Africa bans television and photographic coverage of unrest under a state of emergency](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1985-south-africa-state-of-emergency-media-ban)
- [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.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/180)
- [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.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/181)
- [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.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/182)

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