I think Pierre de Vos mostly gets the better of David Bullard in this exchange, although it’s hard to tell because they’re arguing different things. Here’s De Vos, arguing (correctly) that Bullard’s forced exit from the Sunday Times was not a case of “censorship”, because the Sunday Times is not the South African government:
No one [...]

In the aftermath of this weekend’s Super 14 final, The Times argues that the Bulls will continue to succeed, because they treat rugby like the commercialised, US- or European-style professional sport that it has become:
With an experienced senior squad and a production belt of talent, which is both nurtured and recruited, there’s no reason to [...]