Conducts an investigation on the extent at which media reflects a south african democratic society comments using relevant examples whether it reflect article 16 of south africa's bill of rights explain briefly what this article entails and comment whether our media reflects it when reporting

The Media is South Africa has recently been downgraded internationally from "free" to "partially" free. Free media is very important for a democratic country because in order to be able to vote well, the citizens need to be properly informed, that's the role of the media.

however, If Media isn't free (for example it's corrupt or has pressure from the government), then it does not adhere to Article 16 which says that the media has to be fee.