The South African Government announced tonight that it would set aside legislation stiffening control of the press and give the newspaper industry a year to demonstrate that it can "dicipline itself effectively" under a voluntary press code.
In a statement to parliament, Prime Minister John Voster said that three days of talks with newspaper representatives had resulted in an agreement to drop the controvertial bill.
The bill, which was due for further debate in Parliament tomorrow, laid down a broadly phrased code that would have made it an offense to damage South Africa's name abroad.
Source: New York Times
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