jackOn 28 October 1977, the #apartheid regime of #SouthAfrica started to enforce the Newspaper and Imprint Registration Act, which required all newspapers to be registered and conform to a strict code of conduct, lest they be banned.
https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/black-consciousness-movement-bcm
Exactly 45 years later, #Elon #Musk, whose father became rich owning an #emeraldmine in South #Africa during apartheid, bought #twitter to end what he refers to as "Woketopia".