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New release! Associate Prof. Gawie Botma’s Reconsidering the History of South African Journalism exposes journalism’s roots in colonial slavery (1800–1838), reframing press freedom as colonial control. A must-read! 🔗 www.routledge.com/Reconsiderin...

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Reconsidering the History of South African Journalism: The Ghost of the Slave Press The concept of the “free press” is often celebrated as the vehicle which finally brought freedom of speech and democracy to post-apartheid South Africa, but historically, the position of the press was... https://www.routledge.com/Reconsidering-the-History-of-South-African-Journalism-The-Ghost-of-the-Slave-Press/Botma/p/book/9781032954714