M&G wins in ConCourt

NEWSWATCH: The Mail & Guardian has won in a case it brought before the Constitutional Court, reports IOL; M&G journalist Stefaans Brümmer had requested information from the Department of Social Development regarding the Oilgate scandal and had been refused.

13 Aug 2009

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IOL: ConCourt rules for M&G… Court finds that the 30 days allowed to lodge a court challenge after a failed application for information for a story is too short, and unconstitutional.

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