Obituary: Jeanette Minnie, champion of freedom in broadcasting

Jeanette Minnie, who has died in George at the age of 61, was a champion of media freedom who played a central role in the development of post-apartheid broadcasting. She was the co-ordinator of the Campaign for Open Media and a driving force behind the Campaign for Independent Broadcasting in the early 1990s when the battle for an independent public broadcaster was fought and won.