# President Cyril Ramaphosa says media freedom must be protected, as the media plays a vital role in holding government accountable and exposing failures. He was speaking during a Black Wednesday and National Press Freedom Day commemoration in Johannesburg. Today marks 49 years since the apartheid regime banned several publications and detained journalists on 19 October 1977. Ramaphosa added South Africa must protect press freedom and the public’s right to information:
Ramaphosa commemorates journalists who defied apartheid censorship [SOUND]
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