Gag orders against journalists raise South Africa press freedom concerns   - Committee to Protect Journalists

Gag orders against journalists raise South Africa press freedom concerns   - Committee to Protect Journalists

Lusaka, August 14, 2025—When a South African solar panel company last month dropped its legal battle over a gag order preventing journalist Bongani Hans from reporting on allegations of misleading clients, Hans told the Committee to Protect Journalists that he saw it as “a victory for media and press freedom.” But for Hans and others in the country’s journalism community, the win was bittersweet. South African press freedom advocates had hoped t…