2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/30811The paper examines the South African transition from apartheid to democracy through the lens of the reform of the communication sector. Through a set of participatory stakeholder consultative processes, the institutions of broadcasting, telecommunications, print press, and state information agency underwent reform in a process I refer to as 'negotiated liberalization.'29th TPRC Conference, 2001Computers and SocietyK.4.m Miscellaneous'Negotiated Liberalization': Stakeholder Politics and Communication Sector Reform in South Africatext