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Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer accuses the ANC of apartheid-style censorship | World news | The Observer

28.11.11

Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer accuses the ANC of apartheid-style censorship | World news | The Observer: Nobel prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer has spoken out against her government's controversial new secrecy legislation, suggesting it is a move back towards the harsh censorship that existed under apartheid.

In an article written for the ObserverGordimer said freedom of expression had been "struck out as a danger to the state", under the harsh Protection of State Information Bill, which may become law in South Africa by the end of the year. Leading commentators, editors and opposition parties dubbed the day the bill was passed in the South African parliament last week "Black Tuesday".


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