Podcast: When the media SLAPPs back

Across the world, and in South Africa, the anti-journalism tool SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) is also being used against activists and artists.

Despite new forms of SLAPP – prior restraints, protection orders and even super injunctions – the media keeps fighting back. And they keep winning.

We speak to Kuhle Mavuso, a senior associate at South African law firm Webber Wentzel about the use of litigation to silence critical voices.