WARNING: This is Version 1 of my old archive, so Photos will NOT work and many links will NOT work. But you can find articles by searching on the Titles. There is a lot of information in this archive. Use the SEARCH BAR at the top right. Prior to December 2012; I was a pro-Christian type of Conservative. I was unaware of the mass of Jewish lies in history, especially the lies regarding WW2 and Hitler. So in here you will find pro-Jewish and pro-Israel material. I was definitely WRONG about the Boeremag and Janusz Walus. They were for real.
Original Post Date: 2008-04-18 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
[Definitely. That is the future – AND it is unavoidable. The ANC will in the future start knuckling down on the Mass Media and I am sure even websites like this will see their day. I have sat and thought about the future and the various actions I might take. One of them would be that if my website is threatened, I will move to another country to continue running the website from there. Jan]
Acclaimed cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro) expressed concern on Tuesday regarding the state of media freedom in South Africa.
“I am concerned, but let me get this straight, I don’t think we are backsliding to the extent that some people say…but there are some very strange things happening,” Zapiro said at a discussion on cartooning held by the Wits Journalism School.
Zapiro cited pre-publication censorship, such as described by the Films and Publications Amendment Bill, and the African National Congress’s (ANC) proposal for the establishment of a media tribunal.
“I think it is an appalling idea [the tribunal]… absolutely appalling.”
| ‘I think it is an appalling idea…absolutely appalling’ |
Zapiro is the target of a lawsuit by newly-elected ANC president Jacob Zuma, the biggest against a cartoonist in South Africa’s history.
While it started out at being a R15-million lawsuit for damaging Zuma’s rights to dignity, Zapiro said he had since learnt the claim had been reduced to R5-million.
Zuma has been the centrepiece of many caricatures by Zapiro, particularly during Zuma’s rape trial where he made controversial comments about showering to diminish exposure to the HIV virus.
Zapiro described Zuma as a man who always played the victim, and said he was not worried about the fact that a lawsuit had been brought against him.
He said he was an avid believer in freedom of expression and would only draw the line when his work had the potential to cause violence or physical harm to his audience.
Zapiro, however, came out against a controversial cartoon published in a Danish newspaper depicting the Prophet Mohammed. – Sapa
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20080415155933281C940149