24 | Freedom of speech and expression and freedom of the media

National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Draft Constitution (2001)

Everyone has the right to freedom of speech and expression, which includes—
1. freedom to hold opinions;
2. freedom to seek, receive and communicate ideas and information regardless of frontiers;
3. freedom of artistic creativity;
4. freedom of the press and other media of communication.
Freedom of the press and other media of communication includes--
1. a right of access to public information;
2. respect for the professional independence of persons employed by the media; and
3. protection of the confidentiality of their sources of information.
Freedom of speech and expression does not include—
1. incitement to violence;
2. advocacy of hatred which is based on nationality, race, colour, tribe, custom, place of birth, ethnic or social origin, language, class, religious belief, culture, sex, gender, marital status, age, disability or natural difference or condition, and which amounts to incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence.

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