Accompanying text on page 39: "Freedom of opinion and information" (pages 38-39), in Amalungelo Oluntu / Human Rights, a 72-page Xhosa-language / English-language handbook published in 1991 by the Community Law Centre, with support from Richards Bay Minerals. © Copyright 1991 Community Law Centre
[The Community Law Centre has since changed its name to Community Law & Rural Development Centre. It is a South African non-governmental organisation affiliated to the University of Natal.]
Accompanying text on page 39:
"All people should have the right to express and communicate ideas. You should also have the right to receive the ideas of others. No person or government should have the right to ban or restrict your ideas.
Can you think of any reason why anyone should restrict the free exchange of ideas?
Is there a difference between speaking and acting?
If you believe the government is wrong about a law, should you have the right to say so and give your reasons? Should the government ever have any power to limit what people can say? Under what circumstances?"