TheFilms and Publications Amendment Act 11 of 2019has drawn some sharp criticism from the media. Some organizations described these amendments as,inter alia, unconstitutional, outrageous and as part of the erosion of freedom of speech, while the Department of Home Affairs defended the amendments as an attempt to protect children from potentially harmful and age-inappropriate material.

(This is an essay worth 20 marks)

1 discuss first briefly, the historical development of censorship and

2 secondly, the current classification process in South Africa.

3 For your conclusion, we are interested in(a) your opinion on the proposed amendments

(b) as well as the reaction thereto.

This conclusion must not constitute your entire assignment (and should therefore not be more than one paragraph) or at most 8 typed lines)