OPINION | Former president Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of News24 journalist Karyn Maughan and prosecutor advocate Billy Downer is a cynical attack on media freedom and the rule of law. It must be roundly defeated, says PieterDuToit.
's private prosecution of News24 journalist Karyn Maughan and State advocate Billy Downer is a cynical attack on media freedom and the rule of law.
It must be roundly defeated, says When she publishes her reports or analyses of former president Jacob Zuma's corruption trial in Pietermaritzburg just after 06:00 on News24, or when she covers the impeachment hearing of advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, online trolls abuse her relentlessly.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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