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When ‘news’ is tangled up in divorce law

AH, THE contortions the press must go through, to remain on the right side of the law.

In South Africa, the media is legally not allowed to name the separating parties in a divorce. Presumably, this is to shield the children.

It ensures their playmates will have no occasion to shield them from the public airing in court of stained sheets. No one will tease

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