18/10/2013: Public meeting: the relevance of Black Wednesday
The Unemployed Peoples’ Movement; School of Journalism and
Media Studies at Rhodes University; Daily Dispatch and Grocott’s Mail invite
you to a public meeting to commemorate Black Wednesday, the day in 1977 when
newspapers were banned and activists and journalists jailed for their
opposition to the apartheid regime and for speaking truth to power.
Black Wednesday is commemorated every year, to remind South
Africa of the heroic efforts of those who struggled to bring about a more just
society, including respect for the rights to freedom of expression and media
freedom. Thirty-six years later, what is the relevance of Black Wednesday? To
what extent have these rights been achieved, and where are we going?
