SABC blacklisting saga not an isolated incident THE SABC blacklisting saga in which one media group has tried to gag another, is not an isolated incident and could be just the tip of the iceberg. Recently Media24 attempted to gag the Alternative Media Forum from publishing revelations about racis...

South Africa's asset forfeiture unit, is beginning to look a lot like the organised crime it was supposed to stop, with suspected criminals losing their assets without a trial, and forced to hand-over property without even being found guilty by a court of law. A recent precedent awarded the unit,...

Well, there you have it, the US Senate has officially suspended the American Constitution and Bill of Rights to make way for an Act called the Detainee Treatment Bill, which allows detention without trial, and prevents detainees from challenging their detention, one of the fundemental rights ensh...

South Africa is hurtling towards another period of press censorship, with the impending enactment of the Film and Publications Amendment Bill this week. After a relatively unrestricted period that could see a return to the censorship of the eighties, limp-wristed media activists could be up in ar...

WE joined the Earthlife Africa/Anti-War Coalition Protest outside Ysterplaat Airforce Base yesterday. Approximately forty people, mostly representatives of other organisations handed out pamphlets criticising South Africa's arms deals with Israel and other countries. Nobody chained themselves to...

Okay, so here is what happened this morning. After some initial car trouble, we eventually got to AFB Ysterplaat, a little later than planned , parked outside and then donned Food Not Bombs T-shirts, proceeding to picket the entrance while more cars filled with military types and I guess, some "a...