"Hiding Our Snickers": "Weekly Mail" Journalists' Indirect Resistance in Apartheid South Africa.

APARTHEID; SEGREGATION; CENSORSHIP; FREEDOM of the press; FREEDOM of information; CIVIL rights; RACE discrimination; SUBVERSIVE activities; NEWSPAPERS

This article discusses the indirect methods employed by "Weekly Mail" newspaper in fighting apartheid in South Africa. It states that two methods were used by the newspaper to indirectly oppose the apartheid regime, and they are "All-Clear Flag," and "Blank Lines." The "All-Clear Flag" method consisted of giving legal grounds within the article itself. The "Blank Lines" method consisted of placing black lines or highlights over the "illegal" or "subversive" words, phrases and sentences to circumvent censorship laws.