The Citizen 1978 (Pty) Ltd and Others v Robert John McBride - Judgement
- Publisher:
- Constitutional Court of South Africa
- Publication Date:
- 8 April 2011
- Tags:
- South Africa, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Press and Media
The South African Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the Citizen newspaper in a defamation case, holding that the granting of amnesty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act of 1995 does not make the fact that an individual committed a crime untrue. It held that the Act did not prohibit frank public discussion of the underlying crimes.
