CASE NOTE: PRINT MEDIA SOUTH AFRICA AND ANOTHER v MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS AND ANOTHER 2012 (6) SA 443 (CC)
In this case, it was argued that certain provisions of the Films and Publications Act 65 of 1996 should be declared unconstitutional. Section 16(2)(a) of Act 65 of 1996 provided for the pre-publication classification of certain materials of a sexual nature. Any person, except a bona fide newspaper subject to a press code, was required... Continue reading