Louw, Paul Eric.Tomaselli, Keyan Gray.2013-04-222013-04-2219911991Louw, P.E., Tomaselli, K.G. 1991. The 1990 reforms and the alternative media in South Africa. Group Media Journal X (2) pp. 18-19.0935-0799http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8783The alternative press, which contributed so much to the struggle against apartheid in the 1980s; found itself unprepared for a new role in the freer media environment after the lifting of the State of Emergency in February 1990. P Eric, Louw, and Keyan Tomaselli report on the financial, organisational and political difficulties now threatening the existence of the alternative press in South Africa.enUnderground press--South Africa.Underground press publications--South Africa--History.Journalism--South Africa--Political aspects.Apartheid in mass media--South Africa.Alternative media.Peer reviewed journal article