Constitutional court declares sections of Gatherings Act invalid & decriminalizes peaceful protest
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Civil society organisations have welcomed the recent Constitutional Court ruling which declares sections of Gatherings Act invalid & decriminalizes peaceful protest.
The follows a five-year-long struggle that saw 10 Social Justice Coalition (SJC) activists arrested in 2013 during a protest for sanitation outside the Cape Town Civic Centre.
Joining us online is Professor Jane Duncan
Guest: Professor Jane Duncan
Position: author of Protest Nation: The Right to Protest in South Africa . Professor in the
Department of Journalism, Film and Television at the University of Johannesburg. She was the executive director of the Freedom of Expression Institute, and has written widely on freedom of
expression, the right to protest and media policy.
The follows a five-year-long struggle that saw 10 Social Justice Coalition (SJC) activists arrested in 2013 during a protest for sanitation outside the Cape Town Civic Centre.
Joining us online is Professor Jane Duncan
Guest: Professor Jane Duncan
Position: author of Protest Nation: The Right to Protest in South Africa . Professor in the
Department of Journalism, Film and Television at the University of Johannesburg. She was the executive director of the Freedom of Expression Institute, and has written widely on freedom of
expression, the right to protest and media policy.
