The film which is scheduled to be released in South Africa on Friday has now been given a lower rating of 13 Language and Sexual Violence.

The creators of the film approached the Appeals Tribunal last week to challenge the initial rating of 16 Language, Nudity, Prejudice and Sexual Violence imposed on the film. Canny Maphanga reports ...

Creators challenged this contending that this was an “abuse of classification powers" and that the rating robbed a key audience of the message of the film which is described as a celebration of the constitutional protection of free speech in democratic South Africa in the face of intense political pressure. Creators have since welcomed the change in classification with Zapiro adding that the initial rating was "prudishly restrictive and an under-estimation of teenagers' ability to understand satire and to engage with difficult issues. Canny Maphanga. SABC News. Johannesburg" The Director-General in the Justice and Constitutional Development Department Doctor Mashabane, in South Africa has announced that the department will grant the National Prosecuting Authority, access to the Zondo Commission database.

The information will involve the documentation of investigations generated through the course of the former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo's inquiry on state capture.

Mashabane briefed the media alongside the NPA earlier today.

--ChannelAfrica--