Edition of Sunday, 12 February    
 OPINION
We won't give up hard-won civil liberties
South Africa's media is among the freest in the world, and has been for the past 11 years. This right to freedom of expression was hard won indeed, and the unprecedented freedom with which the South African media now operate followed an intense period of censorship and state intervention in what South Africans were allowed to say, write, read, see or hear. [Full Story...]
Inside Story
Think carefully about freedom of speech
Everyone has an opinion about cartoons, and now that includes the president and the cabinet, about cartoons most have yet to see. [Full Story...]
Second Take : Edwin Naidu
Secrecy adds insult to injury and protects incompetent mayors
Democracy is wonderful on paper. Put it into practice and it gets a bit complicated. On paper it stands out as a wonderful ideal. In practice it is determined by power and politics. In South Africa it is down to one man. [Full Story...]
The Diary Seperation of Powers
Being There : Basilson Peta
Now Mbeki needs to sort out two other recalcitrants
President Thabo Mbeki is the man of the moment. It must be gratifying for him to see both friends and foes unite in glorifying him for a job well done in dispensing with Jacob Zuma. [Full Story...]
 Letters to the Editor
Hamas genocide clause is manifest racism
Sensible Sadat rejected extermination strategy
Blasphemy is subjective by definition
Thank you, Jeremy
Atheists owed tolerance along with the devout
Public must be kept informed on reactor
Take a bow, François
Cost of precinct calls for open debate
Read Fisk's book first
Don't allow passage of this bill
Summer fires are healthy for fynbos
Applaud Israel for being accountable
Letters do not reflect the Palestinian view
New bill is an assault on the constitution
Pursuit of truth wins few friends
Uneasy critics fail to clarify factual errors
Phalangists perpetrated the carnage
Shatila massacre article omits significant details
Look to changes rather than entrenching hatred
Sharon's peace plan continues


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