ABSTRACT

This is the story of a duel between a small magazine and the South African police Special Branch. The South African government maintained they had a free press. They therefore wanted to avoid outright censorship. They hoped that they could make The New African give up and shut up. The Ministry of Justice used the Special Branch to censor by harassment – police raids, confiscation of equipment, destruction of copies of the magazine, intimidation of printers, and a verdict of obscenity, which was turned down on appeal. One editor enabled the other editor to escape on a Norwegian cargo boat to Canada by jumping over the side of the boat to escape going to Canada as well. They then restarted the journal in Britain and slipped free copies into South Africa.

摘要

这是一本小杂志与南非警察特勤局决斗的故事。南非政府坚称他们有新闻自由。因此，他们希望避免彻底的审查。他们希望他们能让新非洲人放弃并闭嘴。司法部利用特别部门通过骚扰进行审查——警察突袭、没收设备、销毁杂志副本、恐吓印刷商以及猥亵判决，但上诉被驳回。一位编辑让另一位编辑跳过船的一侧也逃往加拿大，从而乘坐一艘挪威货船逃往加拿大。然后，他们在英国重新启动了该期刊，并将免费副本转移到南非。