PDBY appreciates that freedom of speech is an inalienable right enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic South Africa. We encourage our readers to engage in discussion and debate on issues that affect them through letters to the Editor, comments on our website, tweets, or posts on Facebook. We ask our readers to keep the following in mind:
- PDBY will not edit letters, comments, tweets, or Facebook posts in any way.
- PDBY will label letters, comments, tweets, or Facebook posts as opinion. These do not represent the views of PDBY in any way.
- The PDBY editorial must approve letters, comments, tweets, or Facebook posts before they are published.
- PDBY will not publish letters, comments, tweets, or Facebook posts that are defamatory, or libelous, or that contain offensive content.
- PDBY reserves the right to practice discretion when publishing letters, comments, tweets, or Facebook posts.
- PDBY reserves the right to publish any content we receive unless the sender specifically requests otherwise.
- PDBY reserves the right to retract a letter, comment, tweet, or Facebook post after it has been published.
- PDBY will not accept responsibility for any consequences the author of a letter, comments, tweets, or Facebook posts may experience as a result of the letter being published.
- PDBY will only publish letters between 150 and 200 words.
- PDBY will not publish letters unless the writer confirms their full name, student number and contact number. PDBY will not publish this information, we need it for our records.