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Wednesday marks the 45th commemoration of "Black Wednesday", the day on which in 1977 several newspapers and 19 Black Consciousness movements were banned, writes Lizette Rabe.
As part of celebrating City Press’ 40th anniversary this year and Media Freedom Day, veteran editor and media executive Joe Thloloe speaks on the legacy of Percy Qoboza, whose editorship from 1984 during the total onslaught of the apartheid government defined the stinging voice of City Press.