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.
eventREF E-0095582Revised
10 May 1988
New Nation and South newspapers are banned
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 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
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: 7 October 2026).
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"New Nation and South newspapers are banned." South African History Online, 3 May 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095582. Accessed 7 Oct. 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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