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New Nation and South newspapers are banned

New Nation and South newspapers are banned

Date
10 May 1988
Updated
30 Sep 2019
New Nation and South newspapers are banned

New Nation and South newspapers were banned and twenty-six English- language newspaper editors handed petitions to government, protesting against these restrictions on the press.

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  1. 01Jacqueline A. Kelley and Schoeman Elna, (1999) ‘Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Political Events’, (Greenwood Press) p. 205

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2013, May 3). New Nation and South newspapers are banned. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095582

South African History Online (2013) 'New Nation and South newspapers are banned', South African History Online, 3 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095582 (Accessed: 2 August 2026).

South African History Online, New Nation and South newspapers are banned [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095582, (accessed 2 August 2026).

"New Nation and South newspapers are banned." South African History Online, 3 May 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095582. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "New Nation and South newspapers are banned." South African History Online. May 3, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095582.

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