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Thabo Mbeki succeeded President Nelson Mandela following the resounding victory of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa's second democratic election on June 2. Local journalists worried that the ANC's victory would herald a new era of media repression. Neither Mandela nor Mbeki had ever disguised his dislike for the press, complaining that…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260