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IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA Case No. CCT #06-11 In the matter between: RADICAL HONESTY – SA 1 st Applicant LARA JOHNSTONE 2 nd Applicant And SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL EDITORS FORUM (SANEF) 1 st Respondent MONDLI MAKHANYA 2 nd Respondent SA PRESS OMBUDSMAN: JOE THLOLOE 3 rd Respondent SA PRESS APPEALS PANEL: JUDGE RALPH ZULMAN 4 th Respondent SA DEP. PRESS OMBUDSMAN: JOHAN RETIEF 5 th Respondent SOUTH AFRICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION (SAPA) 6 th Respondent MARK VAN DER VELDEN 7 th Respondent BUSINESS DAY 8 th Respondent PETER BRUCE 9 th Respondent BUSINESS REPORT 10 th Respondent JABULANI SIKHAKHANE 11 th Respondent CAPE ARGUS 12 th Respondent CHRIS WITFIELD 13 th Respondent CAPE TIMES 14 th Respondent ALIDE DASNOIS 15 th Respondent CITY PRESS 16 th Respondent FERIAL HAFFAJEE 17 th Respondent THE CITIZEN 18 th Respondent MARTIN WILLIAMS 19 th Respondent DAILY DISPATCH 20 th Respondent ANDREW TRENCH 21 st Respondent DAILY MAVERICK 22 nd Respondent BRKIC BRANKO 23 rd Respondent DAILY NEWS 24 th Respondent ALAN DUNN 25 th Respondent EAST COAST RADIO 26 th Respondent DIANE MACPHERSON 27 th Respondent EYEWITNESS NEWS 28 th Respondent KATY KATAPODIS 29 th Respondent INDEPENDENT ONLINE 30 th Respondent ADRIAN EPHRAM 31 st Respondent MAIL AND GUARDIAN 32 nd Respondent NIC DAWES 33 rd Respondent THE MERCURY 34 th Respondent ANGELA QUINTAL 35 th Respondent NEWS 24 36 th Respondent JANNIE MOMBERG 37 th Respondent PRETORIA NEWS 38 th Respondent ZINGISA MKHUMA 39 th Respondent SA STAR 40 th Respondent MOEGSIEN WILLIAMS 41 st Respondent SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 42 nd Respondent

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IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA

Case No. CCT #06-11In the matter between:

RADICAL HONESTY – SA 1st ApplicantLARA JOHNSTONE 2nd Applicant

And

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL EDITORS FORUM (SANEF) 1st RespondentMONDLI MAKHANYA 2nd RespondentSA PRESS OMBUDSMAN: JOE THLOLOE 3rd RespondentSA PRESS APPEALS PANEL: JUDGE RALPH ZULMAN 4th RespondentSA DEP. PRESS OMBUDSMAN: JOHAN RETIEF 5th RespondentSOUTH AFRICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION (SAPA) 6th RespondentMARK VAN DER VELDEN 7th RespondentBUSINESS DAY 8th RespondentPETER BRUCE 9th RespondentBUSINESS REPORT 10th RespondentJABULANI SIKHAKHANE 11th RespondentCAPE ARGUS 12th RespondentCHRIS WITFIELD 13th RespondentCAPE TIMES 14th RespondentALIDE DASNOIS 15th RespondentCITY PRESS 16th RespondentFERIAL HAFFAJEE 17th RespondentTHE CITIZEN 18th RespondentMARTIN WILLIAMS 19th RespondentDAILY DISPATCH 20th RespondentANDREW TRENCH 21st RespondentDAILY MAVERICK 22nd RespondentBRKIC BRANKO 23rd RespondentDAILY NEWS 24th RespondentALAN DUNN 25th RespondentEAST COAST RADIO 26th RespondentDIANE MACPHERSON 27th RespondentEYEWITNESS NEWS 28th RespondentKATY KATAPODIS 29th RespondentINDEPENDENT ONLINE 30th RespondentADRIAN EPHRAM 31st RespondentMAIL AND GUARDIAN 32nd RespondentNIC DAWES 33rd RespondentTHE MERCURY 34th RespondentANGELA QUINTAL 35th RespondentNEWS 24 36th RespondentJANNIE MOMBERG 37th RespondentPRETORIA NEWS 38th RespondentZINGISA MKHUMA 39th RespondentSA STAR 40th RespondentMOEGSIEN WILLIAMS 41st RespondentSUNDAY INDEPENDENT 42nd Respondent

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MAKHUDU SEFARA 43rd RespondentSUNDAY TRIBUNE 44th RespondentPHILANI MGWABA 45th RespondentTIMES LIVE 46th RespondentRAY HARTLEY 47th Respondent3rd DEGREE 48th RespondentDEBORA PATTA 49th RespondentBEELD 50th RespondentTIM DU PLESSIS 51st RespondentDAILY SUN 52nd RespondentTHEMBA KHUMALO 53rd RespondentDIE BURGER 54th Respondent HENRY JEFFERY 55th RespondentBUN BOOYSEN 56th RespondentE-NEWS 57th RespondentPATRICK CONROY 58th Respondent FINANCIAL MAIL 59th RespondentBARNEY MTHOMBOTHI 60th RespondentFINWEEK 61st RespondentCOLLEEN NAUDE 62nd RespondentTHE GEORGE HERALD 63rd RespondentMANDI BOTHA 64th RespondentINDEPENDENT ON SATURDAY 65th RespondentTREVOR BRUCE 66th Respondent702 RADIO 67th RespondentPHELADI GWANGWA 68th Respondent RAPPORT 69th RespondentLISA ALBRECHT 70th RespondentTHE SATURDAY STAR 71st RespondentBRENDAN SEERY 72nd RespondentSOWETAN 73rd RespondentBONGANI KESWA 74th Respondent THE HERALD 75th Respondent JEREMY MCCABE 76th RespondentVOLKSBLAD 77th RespondentAINSLEY MOOS 78th RespondentROD AMNER 79th RespondentROBERT BRAND 80th Respondent GUY BERGER 81st Respondent HARRY DUGMORE 82nd Respondent HAROLD GESS 83rd Respondent JANE DUNCAN 84th Respondent ANTON HARBER 85th Respondent FRANZ KRUGER 86th Respondent WILLIAM BIRD 87th RespondentPROJOURN STEERING COMMITTEE 88th Respondent

NOTICE OF MOTION: CONDONATION

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Lara Johnstone and Radical Honesty SA hereby make application to

the Constitutional Court of South Africa for an order in the following terms:

[I] Approving the Applicants for In Forma Pauperis Representation, for Assistance

of Counsel, in filing and serving of documentation, to court standard rule

requirements; or

[II] Alternatively condoning Lara Johnstone to act as the Pauperis Propria Persona

/ Litigant in Person (Pro Se), representing the Applicants; including

amendment of rules to allow for email serving of documentation, to the court

and respondents, a service address in George, and as considered appropriate

by the Justices during proceedings.

TAKE NOTICE FURTHER that the accompanying affidavit of Lara Johnstone, Member of the

Radical Honesty Culture and Religion, filed herewith will be used in support of this

application.

KINDLY TAKE NOTICE FURTHER that due to the number of respondents, to serve, this

Condonation Notice of Motion, and the original Application Notice of Motion shall be

considered as being officially served on all respondents as of Friday 28 January 2011;

whereupon the Notice of Motion Application to Proceed dates shall effectively start from,

for Respondents response.

KINDLY place this matter before the Chief Justice to be dealt with in terms of Rule 32(1) of

the Rules of the Constitutional Court.

DATED AT GEORGE, ON THIS THE 21ST DAY OF JANUARY 2011.

LARA JOHNSTONE

Litigant in Person, Pro SePer: 16 Taaibos AveGeorge, 6539Tel: (044) 870 7239Cel: (071) 170 1954Email: [email protected]

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TO: CONCOURT REGISTRAR:

Registrar of the Constitutional Court:Tel: (011) 359-7400 || Fax: (011) 339-5098Email: [email protected]

& TO: SA NATIONAL EDITORS FORUM (SANEF)

& TO: MR. MONDLI MAKHANYA

(First & Second Respondents)

Mr. Mondli Makhanya, ChairmanSouth African National Editors Forum (SANEF)2nd Floor, 7 St David’s Office Park St David’s Place, ParktownTel 011 484 3630 / 3617 | Fax 011 484 3593

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: SANEF Admin ([email protected]), SANEF Executive Director: Ms Femida Mehtar: ([email protected]), SANEF Chair: Mr. Mondli Makhanya ([email protected]), Ms. Makhubele ([email protected])

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& TO: SA PRESS COUNCIL: OMBUDSMAN THLOLOE

Third Respondent

Ombudsman Joe ThloloeSA PRESS COUNCIL2nd Floor, 7 St. Davids's ParkSt Davids Place, Parktown, 2193Tel: (011) 484 3612/8 | Fx: (011) 484 3619

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Press Ombudsman Thloloe([email protected]); Khanyi Mndaweni ([email protected])

Served on:2

& TO: SA PRESS APPEALS PANEL JUDGE RALPH ZULMAN

Fourth Respondent

Judge Ralph ZulmanSA PRESS APPEALS PANNEL2nd Floor, 7 St. Davids's ParkSt Davids Place, Parktown, 2193Tel: (011) 484 3612/8 | Fx: (011) 484 3619

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Judge Ralph Zulman ([email protected])

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& TO: SA PRESS COUNCIL: DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN RETIEF

Fifth Respondent

Deputy Ombudsman Johan RetiefSA PRESS COUNCIL2nd Floor, 7 St. Davids's ParkSt Davids Place, Parktown, 2193Tel: (011) 484 3612/8 | Fx: (011) 484 3619

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Deputy Ombudsman Johan Retief ([email protected]),

Served on:4

& TO: SA PRESS ASSOCIATION (SAPA)

& TO: MARK VAN DER VELDEN

Sixth and Seventh Respondents

Mark van der Velden, EditorSA Press Association (SAPA)P O Box 7766, Johannesburg, 2000 South AfricaTel: (011) 782 1600 | Fx: (011) 782 1587

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: News room ([email protected]), Editor Mark van der Velden: ([email protected]), Sub Editor Hannes de Wet ([email protected]), CapeNews ([email protected]), Cape Editor Ben Maclennon ([email protected]), Russell Norton ([email protected])

Served on:5

& TO: BUSINESS DAY

& TO: PETER BRUCE

Eighth and Ninth Respondents

Mr. Peter Bruce, EditorBusiness DayP O Box 1746, Saxonwold, 2132Tel: (011) 280 3091 | Fx: (011) 280 5501

SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor: Peter Bruce ([email protected]), News Desk ([email protected]), Editor Sam Mkokelis ([email protected])

Served on:6

& TO: BUSINESS REPORT

& TO: JABULANI SIKHAKHANE

Tenth and Eleventh Respondent

Mr. Jabulani Sikhakhane, EditorBusiness Report

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47 Sauer Street, JohannesburgTel: (011) 633 2484 | Fax: (011) 838 2693

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor: Jabulani Sikhakhane ([email protected]), Business Report: ([email protected])

& TO: CAPE ARGUS

& TO: CHRIS WITFIELD

Twelfth and Thirteenth Respondents

Mr. Chris Witfield, Editor Cape ArgusP O Box 56, Capetown, 8000Tel: (021) 488 4911 | Fx: (021) 488 4156

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor: Chris Witfield ([email protected]), Lindiz Van Zilla ([email protected]), Lyntina Aimes ([email protected]) , Gasant Abarder ([email protected]), Andisiwe Makinana ([email protected]), Sue Visser ([email protected]),

Served on:8

& TO: CAPE TIMES

& TO: ALIDE DASNOIS

Fourteenth and Fifteenth Respondents

Ms. Alide Dasnois, EditorCape TimesNewspaper House, 4th Floor122 St. Georges Mall, CapetownTel: (021) 488 4911 | Fx: (021) 488 4717

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor: Alide Dasnois ([email protected]), Ella Smook ([email protected]), Di Caelers ([email protected]), Nina Talliard ([email protected])

Served on:9

& TO: THE MEDIA 24 RESPONDENTS

CITY PRESS (16); FERIAL HAFFAJEE (17) ANDREW TRENCH (21); NEWS 24 (36), JANNIE MOMBERG (37); BEELD (50); TIM DU PLESSIS (51); DAILY SUN (52); THEMBA KHUMALO (53); DIE BURGER (54); HENRY JEFFERY (55); BUN BOOYSEN (56); FINWEEK (61); COLLEEN NAUDE (62); RAPPORT (69); LISA ALBRECHT (70); VOLKSBLAD (77); AINSLEY MOOS (78).

WILLEM DE KLERK ATTORNEYS

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Media 24 Respondents AttorneysP O Box 84162, Greenside, 2034Tel: (011) 486 4505Fax: (011) 486 4506Email: [email protected]/O GARRATT MBUYISA NEALE15 6th StreetParkhurstJOHANNESBURGRef: W de Klerk

& TO: THE CITIZEN

& TO: MARTIN WILLIAMS

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Respondents

Mr. Martin Williams, EditorThe CitizenP O Box 43069, Industria, Jhb, 2042Tel: (011) 248 6000 | Fx: (011) 248 6213

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor: Martin Williams ([email protected]), Deputy Editor Michael Coetzee ([email protected]), ([email protected]), Puleng M ([email protected]), Citizen News Bureau ([email protected])

Served on:11

& TO: DAILY DISPATCH

Twentieth

EditorThe Daily DispatchP O Box 131, East London, 5200Tel: (043) 702 2000 | Fx: (043) 743 5155

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Ed. Coordinator - Samantha ([email protected]), Investigations Editor Mr. Eddie Botha ([email protected]), Robin Ross-Thompson ([email protected]), Theodore Jephta ([email protected]), Thanduxolo Jika: ([email protected])

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& TO: DAILY MAVERICK

& TO: BRKIC BRANKO

Twenty-Second and Twenty-Third Respondents

Brkic Branko, EditorThe Daily Maverick

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1st Floor, Building 3, Albury ParkCorner Jan Smuts & Albury Rd, Hyde ParkCell: (084) 444 8700 | (083) 414 2983

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor: Brkic Branko ([email protected]), Deputy Editor Philip de Wet ([email protected]); Transparency Mandy de Waal ([email protected]); Brendah Nyakudya ([email protected]); Jacques Rosseau ([email protected]); Ivo Veger ([email protected]); Stephen Grootes ([email protected]); Brooks Spector ([email protected]), Newsroom: ([email protected]).

& TO: DAILY NEWS

& TO: ALAN DUNN

Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Respondents

Alan Dunn, EditorThe Daily NewsIndependent Newspapers18 Osborne Street, Greyville, DbnTel: (031) 308 2911 | Fx: (031) 308 2111

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor Alan Dunn ([email protected]), Editor Secretary Debbie Yunnie ([email protected])

Served on:14

& TO: EAST COAST RADIO

& TO: DIANE MACPHERSON

Twenty-Sixth and Twenty-Seventh Respondents

Diane Macpherson, EditorEast Coast Radio313-315 Umhlanga Rocks Drive, Umhlanga Rocks, DurbanTel: (031) 570 9495 | Fx: (086) 679 4951

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: News Editor Diane Macpherson ([email protected]), Online Editor Charis Apelgren ([email protected])

Served on:15

& TO: EYEWITNESS NEWS

& TO KATY KATAPODIS

Twenty-Eighth and Twenty-Ninth Respondents

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Katy Katapodis, EditorEyewitness NewsPrimedia House, 2nd Floor5 Gwen Lane (cnr Gwen Lane & Fredman Dr)SandownTel: (011) 506 3702 | Fx (086) 501 2014

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Eyewitness News Editor Katy Katapodis ([email protected]), ([email protected]), Eyewitness News ([email protected]), Webmaster ([email protected])

& TO: INDEPENDENT ONLINE

& TO: ADRIAN EPHRAIM

Thirtieth and Thirty-First Respondents

Adrian Ephraim, EditorIndependent OnlineThe Star Building47 Sauer Street, Jhb, 2001Tel: (011) 633 9111

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor Adrian Ephraim([email protected]), Aeysha Kassiem ([email protected]), Karen Breytenbach ([email protected]), Jason Warner([email protected]), Anel Powell ([email protected]), Sharika Regchand ([email protected]),

Served on:17

& TO: MAIL AND GUARDIAN

& TO: NIC DAWES

Thirty-Second and Thirty-Third Respondents

Nic Dawes, EditorMail and GuardianP O Box 91667, Auckland Park, Jhb 2006Tel: (011) 250 7300 | Fx: (011) 250 7502

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor Matthew Burbidge ([email protected]), Editor Keith Nichols ([email protected]), Editor Nic Dawes ([email protected]), News Desk ([email protected]), Stefaans Brummer ([email protected]), Verashni Pillay ([email protected]), Newsdesk: Drew Forrest ([email protected]), Features: Tanya Pamplone ([email protected]), Dep. Editor: Rapule Tabane ([email protected]), Editor Pers. Asst. Wendy Mosetlhi ([email protected])

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& TO: THE MERCURY Served on:19

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& TO: ANGELA QUINTAL

Thirty-Fourth and Thirty-Fifth Respondents

Angela Quintal, EditorThe MercuryIndependent Newspapers, 18 Osborne St., Greyville, DurbanTel: (031) 308 2911 | Fx: (031) 308 2333

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor: Angela Quintal ([email protected]), Mercury News ([email protected])

& TO: PRETORIA NEWS

& TO: ZINGISA MKHUMA

Thirty-Eighth and Thirty-Ninth Respondents

Zingisa Mkhuman, EditorPretoria Newspapers Holdings Ltd216 Vermeulen Street, PretoriaTel: (012) 300 2000 | Fx: (012) 328 7166

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor: Zingisa Mkhuma ([email protected]), Graeme Hosken ([email protected]),

Served on:20

& TO: SA STAR

& TO: MOEGSIEN WILLIAMS

Fortieth and Forty-First Respondents

Moegsien Williams, EditorSA Star47 Sauer Street, JohannesburgTel: (011) 633 2410 / 9111 | Fax: (011) 836 6186

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor: Moegsien Williams ([email protected]), Deputy Editor Jovial Rantao ([email protected]), Admin Vidette Aslett ([email protected]), StarNews ([email protected])

Served on:21

& TO: SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

& TO: MAKHUDU SEFARA

Forty-Second and Forty-Third Respondents

Makhudu Sefara, EditorSunday Independent47 Sauer Street, JohannesburgTel: (011) 633 9111 | Fx: (011) 834 7520

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ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor: Makhudu Sefara ([email protected]); Editor Makhudu Sefara Secretary Jennifer Johnson ([email protected]), Deputy EditorAndrew Walker ([email protected]), Tony Carnie([email protected]), Venilla Yoganatha([email protected])

& TO: SUNDAY TRIBUNE

& TO: PHILANI MGWABA

Forty-Fourth and Forty-Fifth Respondents

Philani Mgwaba, EditorSunday TribuneP O Box 47549Greyville, 4023Tel: (031) 308 2771 | Fx: (031) 308 2357

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor: Philani Mgwaba([email protected]), News Editor Liz Clarke([email protected]), Tribune News ([email protected])

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& TO: TIMES LIVE (SUNDAY TIMES)

& TO: RAY HARTLEY

Fourty-Sixth and Forty-Seventh Respondents

Avusa House, 4 Bierman AvenueRosebank, JohannesburgTel: (011) 280 3000 | Fx: (011) 280 5150

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Editor: Ray Hartley ([email protected]), News Editor Jessica Bezuidenhout ([email protected]), News Editor Heather Robertson ([email protected]), Sunday Times ([email protected]), Justice Malala ([email protected]), Kim Hawkeye([email protected])

Served on:24

& TO: 3RD DEGREE

& TO: DEBORAH PATTA

Forty-Eighth and Forty-Ninth Respondents

Ms Debora Patta3RD Degree: Executive ProducerPO Box 12124, Mill Street Gardens,CAPE TOWN, 8010Tel: (021) 481 4500 | Fax: (021) 481 4630

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ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: News Room ([email protected]), Ms. Deborah Patta ([email protected]), ETV ([email protected]), 3rd Degree ([email protected]), Kirsty Blackford ([email protected]), [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],

& TO: E-NEWS

& TO: PATRICK CONROY

Fifty-Seventh and Fifty-Eight Respondents

Mr. Patrick ConroyETV: Head of E-NewsPO Box 12124, Mill Street Gardens,CAPE TOWN, 8010Tel: (021) 481 4500Fax: (021) 481 4630

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: News room: ([email protected]), Patrick Conroy ([email protected]), Zanile Madikane ([email protected]), Bongi Potelwa ([email protected]), Gill Scholtz ([email protected])

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& TO: FINANCIAL MAIL

& TO: BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI

Fifty-Ninth and Sixtieth Respondents

Mr Barney MthombothiEditor: Financial MailP O Box 1744Saxonwold, 2132Tel: (011) 280 5808Fax: (011) 280 5800

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Barney Mthombothi ([email protected]), David Furlonger ([email protected]), Financial Mail ([email protected]), FM Mad Focus ([email protected]), Rob Rose ([email protected]), Onica Buthelezi ([email protected]), Financial Mail ([email protected])

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& TO: THE GEORGE HERALD

& TO: MANDI BOTHA

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Sixty-Third and Sixty-Fourth Respondents

Ms. Mandi BothaEditor: George HeraldPO Box 806, George, 6539Tel: (044) 874 2424Fax: (044) 874 1393

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Mandi Botha([email protected]), George News ([email protected]), Pauline Lourens ([email protected]), Lindie Joubert ([email protected]), Shirley Coetzee ([email protected]), Lo-An Nel Breytenbach ([email protected]), Suzette Herrer ([email protected]), Lucinda Viljoen ([email protected]), Melissa Hulls ([email protected]), Lizette da Silva ([email protected]), Michelle Pienaar ([email protected]), Ilse Schoonraad ([email protected]), Jannie Meyer ([email protected]), Anica Kruger ([email protected]), Yvonne Botha ([email protected]) , Mr. Steyn ([email protected])

& TO: INDEPENDENT ON SATURDAY

& TO: TREVOR BRUCE

Sixty-Fifth and Sixty-Sixth Respondents

Mr. Trevor BruceNews Editor: Independent on SaturdayPO Box 47549, Greyville, 4023Tel: (031) 308 2934 / 2381Fax: (031) 308 2111 / 2185

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Trevor Bruce ([email protected]), Luvoyo Mjekula ([email protected])Philani Mgwaba ([email protected]), Quinton Mtyala ([email protected]) , Greg Arde ([email protected])

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& TO: RADIO 702

& TO: PHELADI GWANGWA

Sixty-Seventh and Sixty-Eighty Respondents

Ms Pheladi GwangwaStation Manager: 702 RadioPO Box 5572, Rivonia, 2128

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Tel: (011) 506 3702 | Fax: (011) 506 3670

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Pheladi Gwangwa ([email protected]), ([email protected]), News ([email protected]), 702 Eyewitness News ([email protected]), Bruce Whitfield ([email protected]), Kieno Kammies ([email protected]), Robin Clark ([email protected]), John Robbie ([email protected]), Lynne O’Connor ([email protected]), David O’Sullivan ([email protected])

& TO: SATURDAY STAR

& TO: BRENDAN SEERY

Seventy-First and Seventy-Second Respondents

Mr. Brendan SeeryExecutive Editor: Saturday StarPO Box 1014, Johannesburg, 2000Tel: (011) 633 2792 | Fax: (011) 633 2794 / 838 3019

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Star News ([email protected]),Brendan Seery ([email protected]), Thandi Mabuza ([email protected]), Anel Lewis ([email protected]), Quinton Mtyala ([email protected]), Mthunzi Mbatha ([email protected])

Served on:31

& TO: SOWETAN

& TO: BONGANI KESWA

Seventy-Third and Seventy-Fourth Respondents

Mr. Bongani KeswaEditor In Chief: SowetanPO Box 6663, Johannesburg, 2000Tel: (011) 471 4000 | Fax: (011) 474 8834

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Bongani Keswa ([email protected]), Editor – Sowetan ([email protected]), Lorraine Mofokeng ([email protected]), Thuli Zungu ([email protected]), Edward Tsumele ([email protected])

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& TO: THE HERALD

& TO: JEREMY MCCABE

Seventy-Fifth and Seventy-Sixth Respondents

Mr Jeremy McCabe

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Editor in Chief: The HeraldPrivate Bag X 6071, Port Elizabeth, 6000Tel: (041) 504 7911Fax: (041) 585 4966

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAILl: Jeremy McCabe ([email protected]), The Herald ([email protected]), L Makungan ([email protected]), Avusa ([email protected]), Estelle Kerrane ([email protected]), Shawn M ([email protected]), Circulation Manager ([email protected]), Avusa Group Secretary Joanne Matisonn ([email protected])

& TO: ROD AMNER

Seventy-Ninth Respondent

Prof. Rod AmnerRhodes School of Journalism and Media StudiesAfrica Media Matrix buildingUpper Prince Alfred StreetGrahamstown, 6139Tel: 046 603 7100Fax: 046 603 7101

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Email: Rod Amner([email protected]), Rhodes Journalism ([email protected]), ([email protected]), Prof. Anthea Garman ([email protected]), Nicky Cocroft ([email protected]), Simon Pamphilon ([email protected]), Simwogerere Kyazze ([email protected])

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& TO: ROBERT BRAND

Eightieth Respondent

Prof. Robert BrandPearson Chair of Economics JournalismRhodes School of Journalism and Media StudiesAfrica Media Matrix buildingUpper Prince Alfred StreetGrahamstown, 6139Tel: 046 603 7100Fax: 046 603 7101

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Email: Robert Brand ([email protected]), Rhodes Journalism ([email protected]), ([email protected]), Prof. Herman Wasserman ([email protected]), Prof. Jeanne Prinsloo([email protected]), Prof. Larry Strelitz ([email protected])

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& TO: GUY BERGER

Eighty-First Respondent

Prof. Guy BergerHead of SchoolRhodes School of Journalism and Media StudiesAfrica Media Matrix buildingUpper Prince Alfred StreetGrahamstown, 6139Tel: 046 603 7100Fax: 046 603 7101

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Email: Guy Berger([email protected]), Rhodes Journalism ([email protected]), ([email protected]), Dr. Lynette Steenveld ([email protected]), Reg Rumney([email protected])

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& TO: HARRY DUGMORE

Eighty-Second Respondent

Prof. Harry DugmoreMTN Chair of Media and Mobile CommunicationRhodes School of Journalism and Media StudiesAfrica Media Matrix buildingUpper Prince Alfred StreetGrahamstown, 6139Tel: 046 603 7100Fax: 046 603 7101

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Email: Harry Dugmore([email protected]), Rhodes Journalism ([email protected]), ([email protected]); Jude Mathurine([email protected]), Khaya Thonjeni ([email protected])

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& TO: HAROLD GESS

Eighty-Third Respondent

Lecturer Harold GessRhodes School of Journalism and Media StudiesAfrica Media Matrix buildingUpper Prince Alfred StreetGrahamstown, 6139Tel: 046 603 7100Fax: 046 603 7101

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Email: Harold Gess([email protected]) , Rhodes Journalism ([email protected]),([email protected]), Jenny Gordon ([email protected]), Paul

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Greenway ([email protected])

& TO: JANE DUNCAN

Eighty-Fourth Respondent

Professor Jane DuncanHighway Africa Chair of Media and Information SocietyRhodes School of Journalism and Media StudiesAfrica Media Matrix buildingUpper Prince Alfred StreetGrahamstown, 6139Tel: 046 603 7100Fax: 046 603 7101

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Email: Jane Duncan([email protected]), Rhodes Journalism ([email protected]), ([email protected]), Chris Kabwato ([email protected]), Nqobile Buthelezi([email protected]), Sibusiso Mtshali ([email protected])

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& TO: ANTON HARBER

Eighty-Fifth Respondent

Professor Anton HarberProfessor - Journalism and Media StudiesWits JournalismUniversity of the Witwatersrand1 Jan Smuts AvenueBraamfontein 2000JohannesburgTel: (011) 717 4028 Fax: 011 717 4081

ECOLAW SERVICE PER EMAIL: Email: Anton Harber ([email protected]), Big Media Sally([email protected]), Wits Journalism ([email protected]), ([email protected])

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& TO: FRANZ KRUGER

Eighty-Sixth Respondent

Professor Franz KrugerSenior lecturer in JournalismWits JournalismUniversity of the Witwatersrand1 Jan Smuts AvenueBraamfontein 2000JohannesburgTel: (011) 717 4028 Fax: 011 717 4081

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([email protected]), ([email protected]), ([email protected])

& TO: WILLIAM BIRD

Eighty-Seventh Respondent

William BirdDirector & Ashoka FellowMedia Monitoring AfricaSuite no.2, 22 Art Centre6th StreetParkhurst (Johannesburg)Tel: +27 (0) 11 788 1278Fax: +27 (0) 11 788 1289

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& TO: PROJOURN STEERING COMMITTEE

Eighty-Eighth Respondent

PROJOURN Steering Committeec/o: Michael SchmidtExec. Director: Institute for the Advancement of Journalism9 Jubilee RoadParktown, Johannesburg, 2193Tel: +27 11 484 1765/6/7 Fax: +27 11 484 2282

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IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA

Case No. CCT #06-11In the matter between:

RADICAL HONESTY – SA 1st ApplicantLARA JOHNSTONE 2nd Applicant

And

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL EDITORS FORUM (SANEF) 1st RespondentMONDLI MAKHANYA 2nd RespondentSA PRESS OMBUDSMAN: JOE THLOLOE 3rd RespondentSA PRESS APPEALS PANEL: JUDGE RALPH ZULMAN 4th RespondentSA DEP. PRESS OMBUDSMAN: JOHAN RETIEF 5th RespondentSOUTH AFRICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION (SAPA) 6th RespondentMARK VAN DER VELDEN 7th RespondentBUSINESS DAY 8th RespondentPETER BRUCE 9th RespondentBUSINESS REPORT 10th RespondentJABULANI SIKHAKHANE 11th RespondentCAPE ARGUS 12th RespondentCHRIS WITFIELD 13th RespondentCAPE TIMES 14th RespondentALIDE DASNOIS 15th RespondentCITY PRESS 16th RespondentFERIAL HAFFAJEE 17th RespondentTHE CITIZEN 18th RespondentMARTIN WILLIAMS 19th RespondentDAILY DISPATCH 20th RespondentANDREW TRENCH 21st RespondentDAILY MAVERICK 22nd RespondentBRKIC BRANKO 23rd RespondentDAILY NEWS 24th RespondentALAN DUNN 25th RespondentEAST COAST RADIO 26th RespondentDIANE MACPHERSON 27th RespondentEYEWITNESS NEWS 28th RespondentKATY KATAPODIS 29th RespondentINDEPENDENT ONLINE 30th RespondentADRIAN EPHRAM 31st RespondentMAIL AND GUARDIAN 32nd RespondentNIC DAWES 33rd RespondentTHE MERCURY 34th RespondentANGELA QUINTAL 35th RespondentNEWS 24 36th RespondentJANNIE MOMBERG 37th RespondentPRETORIA NEWS 38th RespondentZINGISA MKHUMA 39th RespondentSA STAR 40th RespondentMOEGSIEN WILLIAMS 41st RespondentSUNDAY INDEPENDENT 42nd Respondent

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MAKHUDU SEFARA 43rd RespondentSUNDAY TRIBUNE 44th RespondentPHILANI MGWABA 45th RespondentTIMES LIVE 46th RespondentRAY HARTLEY 47th Respondent3rd DEGREE 48th RespondentDEBORA PATTA 49th RespondentBEELD 50th RespondentTIM DU PLESSIS 51st RespondentDAILY SUN 52nd RespondentTHEMBA KHUMALO 53rd RespondentDIE BURGER 54th Respondent HENRY JEFFERY 55th RespondentBUN BOOYSEN 56th RespondentE-NEWS 57th RespondentPATRICK CONROY 58th Respondent FINANCIAL MAIL 59th RespondentBARNEY MTHOMBOTHI 60th RespondentFINWEEK 61st RespondentCOLLEEN NAUDE 62nd RespondentTHE GEORGE HERALD 63rd RespondentMANDI BOTHA 64th RespondentINDEPENDENT ON SATURDAY 65th RespondentTREVOR BRUCE 66th Respondent702 RADIO 67th RespondentPHELADI GWANGWA 68th Respondent RAPPORT 69th RespondentLISA ALBRECHT 70th RespondentTHE SATURDAY STAR 71st RespondentBRENDAN SEERY 72nd RespondentSOWETAN 73rd RespondentBONGANI KESWA 74th Respondent THE HERALD 75th Respondent JEREMY MCCABE 76th RespondentVOLKSBLAD 77th RespondentAINSLEY MOOS 78th RespondentROD AMNER 79th RespondentROBERT BRAND 80th Respondent GUY BERGER 81st Respondent HARRY DUGMORE 82nd Respondent HAROLD GESS 83rd Respondent JANE DUNCAN 84th Respondent ANTON HARBER 85th Respondent FRANZ KRUGER 86th Respondent WILLIAM BIRD 87th RespondentPROJOURN STEERING COMMITTEE 88th Respondent

AFFIDAVIT: LARA JOHNSTONE

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Issues:

The Financial State of Indigence of the Applicants:

Assistance vs. Representation of Counsel:

I the undersigned,

LARA JOHNSTONE

Do hereby state under oath as follows:

[1] I am an adult unemployed paralegal, resident at 16 Taaibos Avenue, Heatherpark,

George; where I run a small wormery business, which earns me less than R1,000.00 per

month. I pay my rent, accommodation, food and internet in barter trading of compost.

I include a bank statement for the past two months (Annex A), and my Community

Exchange System (CES) (www.ces.org.za) alternative local currency barter trading

account (Annex B).

[2] Save where appears from the context, the facts contained in this affidavit are within

my own personal knowledge and are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, both true

and correct.

[3] I filed an application for direct access as a Pauperis Propria Persona / Litigant in

Person; for a [I] writ of Habeus Mentem and [II] writ of Certiorari/Review; on 03

January 2011.

[4] This is an application for:

1. Approving the Applicants for In Forma Pauperis Representation, for Assistance of

Counsel, in filing and serving of documentation, to court standard rule

requirements; or

2. Alternatively condoning Lara Johnstone to act as the Pauperis Propria Persona /

Litigant in Person (Pro Se), representing the Applicants; including amendment of

rules to allow for (i) email serving of documentation in this matter, to the court

and respondents, (ii) Applicants service address to be in George, and (iii) as

considered appropriate by the Justices during proceedings.

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[5] On 03 January 2011, Ms. Martie Stander informed me that I needed to provide the

Registrar with a Proof of Service Affidavit that all Respondents had confirmed receipt

of the Notice of Motion

[6] On 14 January 2011, I provided the Registrar with a Proof of Service Affidavit, including

an Annexure of all Proof of Service Correspondence, which included email and

telephone acknowledgements of receipt.

[7] Mr. Louw insisted that I was required to file a hardcopy of the documentation with the

court, and once so done, a reference number would be issued. I requested Mr. Louw to

please (a) either provide written reasons for his refusal; or (b) alternatively he could

submit the application to the Justices per email, and “if they approve it for hearing,

they can make any relevant instructions, in regards to the conflict of laws and cultural

laws, detailed in the argument, which they consider appropriate.”

[8] On 19 January 2011 Mr. Louw informed me that my case number is CCT 06/11. I

informed him I would submit the Condonation application to him and respondents

before the end of the month, as agreed with Ms. Stander.

[9] The Financial State of Indigence of the Applicants:

[10] I herewith confirm that I am indigent, in that, except for household goods, wearing

apparel and tools of trade, I do not possess of property to the amount of R10 000 and

will not be able within a reasonable time to provide such sum from my earnings, which

are currently below R500 per month.

[11] Radical Honesty is not an incorporated ‘organized religion’ in South Africa, primarily

because I am the only person who is a member of Radical Honesty; and consequently

there has been no need to incorporate Radical Honesty SA. Consequently Radical

Honesty has no non-profit corporate status, nor any funds, nor any bank account.

[12] Assistance vs. Representation of Counsel:

[13] When I lived in the United States, I worked as the primary organizing activist for the

class action suit: Lyons v. CIA1; with former LAPD investigator Michael C. Ruppert, and

attorney’s Katya Komisaruk and Bill Simpich.

1 (i) CIA Sued For Not Reporting Drug Trade: Plaintiffs say failure caused crack epidemic, Benjamin Pimentel, San Francisco Chronicle, Tuesday, March 16, 1999; (ii) Drug crimes allegation leads to CIA, Justice suit: Policy to not report suspicions had role in crack epidemic, lawyer contends, Robert Selna, San Francisco Examiner, Tuesday, March 16, 1999http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/03/16/MN71513.DTLhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1999/03/16/NEWS2104.dtl

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[14] Katya Komisaruk: An Anarchist Lawyer2: On 2 June 1987, Katya broke in to Vandenberg

Air Force Base3, where she destroyed the NAVSTAR military navigation system, a

million-dollar mainframe IBM 3031 computer, hacking away at it with crowbar, bolt

cutters, hammer and cordless drill, before leaving flowers and cookies, and returning to

San Francisco to turn herself in. She was sentenced to five years in prison, served two

years at the federal penitentiary in Spokane, Washington and then released on parole.

While in jail she studied law with a fellow inmate and helped other inmates file

lawsuits. Prior to her release, she applied to several law schools. She received a

scholarship to Harvard University. While still on parole, she completed law school and

in 1993 was admitted to the California bar—in spite of her arrest record, because the

Bar upheld that her political activist crimes did not represent moral failings. Katya

studied law for the same reasons she vandalized Vandenberg Air Force Base—to fight

what she believes to be injustice.4 “Lawyers,” she explained to the Los Angeles Times,

“should be advocates for justice and for social change.” She now runs the non-profit

Just Law Collective5. Her activist experience’s inspired her to become a people's

lawyer: an "organizer attorney" as describes herself. According to Frances Olsen of

UCLA Law School, “Katya is potentially the leading criminal defense attorney in the

U.S.”

[15] Katya was my Charlie Houston civil-rights social action teacher:

'Howard Law School became a living laboratory where civil-rights law was invented by teamwork. The school worked because of the driving purposefulness of one man: Charlie Houston. He kept hammering at us all those years that, as lawyers, we had to be social engineers or else we were parasites. The whole atmosphere of action-oriented learning under Houston was heady, and every scholar was eager to relate classroom work to social action. We all worked on real briefs and real cases and accompanied Houston and other faculty members to court to learn procedure and tactics. Charlie Houston set out to teach us the difference between what the laws said and meant and how they were applied. His avowed aim was to eliminate that difference. He made it clear to us that when we were done, we were expected to go out and do something with our lives. He was a man you either liked intensely or hated.' -- Former Howard Law School student6

[16] It was during these times that I learnt the difference between what activists referred to

as ‘representation of counsel’ and ‘assistance of counsel’. In representation of counsel,

the legal representative takes over all matters of strategy for the client; including

2 Legal Righteous: defending indigents, activists, and anarchists, attorney and civil disobedience adviser: katya komisaruk ’78 is a retrovirus within our legal system, Reed Magazine, May 2003http://web.reed.edu/reed_magazine/may2003/features/legal_righteous/index.html3 Katya Komisaruk's Revolution: Why a Berkeley MBA Trashed a Multimillion-Dollar Air Force Computer in the Name of Peace; November 11, 1987, Kathleen Hendrix, LA Times http://articles.latimes.com/1987-11-11/news/vw-13507_1/24 The Undeterred: Government Throws the Book at Protesters, Creating Lifelong Activists, by Laura Flanders, Common Dreams, August 13, 2001: http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0814-05.htm5 http://www.lawcollective.org/6 Simple Justice: The history of Brown v. Board of Education, by Richard Kluger

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representing the individual in court; whereas in the latter, the client is much more

involved in the case, whether in terms of strategy and/or representing themselves and

the issues during court proceedings, the counsel’s assistance is mainly focussed on

aiding the client in terms of legal rules and court procedures.

[17] In Representation of Counsel the relationship is one of Expert as Operator; he does to

the client what the client cannot do; the role of the client is passive, and the relational

aspects are: Client as object, dominance-submission; the experts skills are forbidden to

the client.

[18] In Assistance of Counsel, the relationship is one of Expert as Co-Learner; he does with

the client, what the client can ultimately do for himself; the relationship is one of

reciprocity, the client is a colleague, with equality role-exchange; the professional

relationship is fully shared and transparent.

[19] One of the fundamental reasons why Delancey Street Foundation was and remains so

successful, is that its ‘experts’, were all former ‘incompetents’ and that its

relationships with new ‘incompetents’ are all founded on a relationship of reciprocity,

where experts are co-learners.

[20] The differences of these relationships can be found in any field where any individual

considers themselves an expert; such as for example, Psychologists and Criminologists,

in the practice of rehabilitation; where experts who have chose to practice as ‘co-

learners’ have found the greatest amount of success.

[21] As stated by criminologist, Dr. Richard Korn, paraphrased by myself in my An Essay on

Proudly South African Parasite Hypocrisy: Fraudulent 'Rehabilitation' Boomerang:

Correctional Services Prison Policies As A Major Intentional Source of New South

Africa's 'Kaffirs' AKA 'Criminals'7, submitted to the Dept. of Corrections, Insp. Judge

of Prisons, Dir. Of Public Prosecutions, various law societies, Constitutional Court Chief

Justice: Arthur Chaskalson, etc; on 11 June 2004:

“We are dealing at bottom with the fateful consequences of three different attitudes toward the Other. We can do things to him, in which case he becomes an Object. We can do things for him, in which case he becomes a Dependent. We can do things with him, in which case he has the opportunity to become an Agent. Whatever the content or intent of the action, it is the relationship between the actors that is crucial -- and that defines the difference between domination (to him), dependency (for him) and self-realization (with him) in the political, economic and social realms, as well as in the interpersonal.”

7 http://issuu.com/js-ror/docs/040611_sa-hypocrisy_fraud-rehab-boomerang?mode=a_p

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It is at least an arguable proposition that many of our social problems are excacerbated by the decrease of situations enabling reciprocity on a give-and-get equal basis with our fellow men. It is also arguable that the role of patient, in its passivity, dependency and lack of mutuality, contributes to the perpetuation of the illness. Studies of institutional adjustment, whether in the prison, the hospital or the clinic suggest that situations which limit the possibilities of reciprocity between the cared-for and the caring contribute powerfully to the continuance of the need for care. It may well be that the status of patient is half the disease....”

[22] If my relationship with American lawyers was inspirational, my relationships with South

African lawyers have been nightmare disasters; one after the other.

[23] The legal aid appointed attorney, to represent me in my bomb-threat trial (SAPS 572-

02) decided that I should be certified as insane, without having spoken to me; because

farmers daughters are meant to grow up and find a farmer, get married and be

barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. Any farmers daughter who thinks she can be an

activist, and request a lawyer to read a legal document regarding her defence of

political necessity8 – of which he is entirely and utterly ignorant – has got to be certified

as insane. He refused to resign, and when I fired him, he told me I could not fire him, if

he thought I was insane. I only managed to get rid of him, by filing a complaint to the

Magistrate and Chief Magistrate demanding he inform the court that his insanity fishing

expedition was his own legal strategy and that he was deliberately refusing to follow

my instructions. He then withdrew from the case, but refused to inform the Magistrate

that his insanity fishing expedition had been his own legal strategy, at the request of

the prosecutor. The Prosecutor then proceeded with the attempt to have me certified

as insane, even though she had not the foggiest clue what a forensic psychologist does.

[24] A second attorney offered to represent me pro bono. He instructed me to lie to the

court, and he would get me a suspended sentence. I refused, he was furious, and

withdrew his offer of pro bono representation.

[25] Another attorney also lied to the court, in deliberate violation of my instructions; he

simply stood in front of the court and made an entire false story up, sucking it out of

his thumb. I demanded he inform the court that that was not my representation. He

refused.

[26] I am quite willing to agree that any or all these attorneys sincerely believed their

actions of deception were in my best interests. But the problem is that what they think

may be in their best interests, projected onto me, is not necessarily what I think is in

8 Civil Disobedience and the Necessity Defense, by John Alan Cohan, Pierce Law Review, 8/20/2007 2:01:00 PMhttp://issuu.com/js-ror/docs/070820_civil-disobedience-necessity-defense?mode=a_p

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my best interests and when they treat me like I am an object and my values and my

principles can simply be overruled as irrelevant, by their autocracy; then they violate

my values and principles. My actions were motivated by political necessity; and I

wanted the court to know that; and to plead to political necessity. Now simply because

the court and lawyers were ignorant of the defence of political necessity9, does not

mean that the first option should be to lie and pretend that no such defence exists,

cause the lawyer is too lazy to read up on it.

[27] These are simply a few of the attorney nightmare’s I have experienced in South Africa,

which have taught me the lesson that it is safer to represent myself, no matter how

many errors I make, than to have someone represent me, who lies through their teeth

and refuses to follow the instructions given to them, or at the very least to listen

actively and make an impartial enquiry into the defence I submitted to them.

[28] If the court and/or respondents prefer me to proceed with legal representation so as to

make it less burdensome for them, in regards to my lack of legal expertise, particularly

to legal procedural rules and etiquette, I do not object; I simply request that such legal

representation is appointed and clearly instructed to proceed in the form of Assistance

of Counsel.

Signed and Sworn to at George on this the 21ST day of January 2011, the Deponent

acknowledging that she knows and understands the contents of this Affidavit, and that she

has no objection to taking the prescribed oath and that the oath is binding on her

conscience.

___________________________

LARA JOHNSTONE, Pro Se

9 Civil Disobedience and the Necessity Defense, by John Alan Cohan, Pierce Law Review, 8/20/2007 2:01:00 PMhttp://issuu.com/js-ror/docs/070820_civil-disobedience-necessity-defense?mode=a_p

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VermiMulch Mix

38 6 Sep2010 GDNROl77 - Ann

Vermi-Compost + Mushroom Mulch =200.008.00-960.00

JohnstoneVermiMulch Mix

39 6 Sep2010 GDNROl77 - Ann

Vermi-Compost + Mushroom Mulch =200.008.00-768.00

JohnstoneVermiMulch Mix·

40 6 Sep2010 GDNROl77 - Ann

Vermi-Compost + Mushroom Mulch =200.008.00-576.00

Johnstone

VermiMulch Mix

41 6 Sep2010 GDNROl77 - Ann

Vermi-Compost + Mushroom Mulch =200.008.00-384.00

Johnstone

VermiMulch Mix

42 6 Sep2010 GDNROl77 - Ann

Vermi-Compost + Mushroom Mulch =200.008.00 -192.00Johnstone

VermiMulch Mix

43 6 Sep2010 GDNROl77 - Ann

Vermi-Compost + Mushroom Mulch =200.008.000.00

JohnstoneVermiMulch Mix

44 6Sep2010 GDNROl77 - Ann

Vermi-Compost + Mushroom Mulch =200.008.00192.00Johnstone

VermiMulch Mix

45 6 Sep2010 GDNROl77 - Ann

Vermi-Compost + Mushroom Mulch =200.008.00384.00

JohnstoneVermiMulch Mix

46 6Sep2010 GDNROl77 - Ann

Vermi-Compost + Mushroom Mulch =200.008.00576.00Johnstone

VermiMulch Mix

47 6Sep2010 GDNROl77 - Ann

Vermi-Compost + Mushroom Mulch =200.008.00768.00Johnstone

VermiMulch Mix

48 6 Sep2010 GDNR0177 - Ann

Vermi-Compost + Mushroom Mulch =200.008.00960.00Johnstone

VermiMulch Mix

49 26 Sep2010 GDNROOll - Asante

Stall fee 30.001.20928.80

50 18Oct 2010 GDNR0177 - AnnBachelor Flat Rental (Sep '10)1500.0060.00-631.20

Johnstone 20 Jan2011

Carried forward balance -631.20

Totals (This period): 1I4000.oof 13530.0011101.20ITotals (From the start):114000.oof13530.00 1101.201Notes:- All amountsare in Talents (T)- Your credit limit: TSOOO- Your debit limit: T500

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