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1984 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

The Afrikaans Press: Freedom within Commitment

Authors : William A. Hachten, C. Anthony Giffard, Harva Hachten

Published in: The Press and Apartheid

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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For many years Nationalist attempts to muzzle the press were aimed at the English-language opposition newspapers. And it was those papers that virtually single handedly tried to fight off further restrictions. More recently, however, the country’s Afrikaans newspapers, once completely subservient to the ruling Nationalist party, have become dynamic political institutions in their own right.

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Title
The Afrikaans Press: Freedom within Commitment
Authors
William A. Hachten
C. Anthony Giffard
Harva Hachten
Copyright Year
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Book
The Press and Apartheid

Print ISBN: 978-1-349-07687-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-349-07685-7

Copyright Year: 1984

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07685-7_8