ANC rejects call for re-vote on Secrecy Bill
Pretoria – The ANC has rejected as an “act of desperation and posturing” a call by the DA to have another vote on the recently passed Protection of State Information Bill, also known as...
Category: Secrecy Bill
Hello Secrets, our old friend
On Thursday, the Right2Know campaign, which has been the most outspoken civil society voice lobbying against the bill’s passing, held vigils outside Parliament and Luthuli House before Parliament’s afternoon plenary session commenced. It was...
Freedom vs. Secrecy – ‘The fight is not over’
It was somewhat ironic that two days before Freedom Day, the anniversary of South African democracy, the national assembly passed the controversial secrecy bill in parliament. The much criticised protection of state information bill,...
The key objections to the Secrecy Bill
CAPE TOWN – Years of work, over 100 meetings, 800 amendments and vociferous protests…the Protection of State Information Bill (POSIB) has been on a rollercoaster ride indeed. But while the bill was passed by...
Secrecy Bill Passed
The National Assembly voted 189-74 to pass the Protection of Information (‘Secrecy’) Bill yesterday, leaving only President Jacob Zuma to sign it into law. The Bill which will revise the classification of state information,...
Right2Know to picket against Secrecy Bill
JOHANNESBURG – Activist group the Right2Know campaign said it will hold silent pickets outside the ANC headquarters in Johannesburg and Parliament in opposition to the approval of the so-called secrecy bill on Thursday. The...
South Africa: R2K to protest Secrecy Bill
Today at 14h00 the National Assembly will vote to pass the Secrecy Bill. The Right2Know Campaign will be picketing outside Luthuli House in Johannesburg from 13h00 to 16h00 and observing a silent vigil in...
Opposition hopes for Secrecy Bill court review
The Protection of State Information Bill, or secrecy Bill, has been passed by the National Assembly. All that remains is for President Jacob Zuma to sign it for the Bill to officially become law. But...
‘Altered’ Secrecy Bill passed in Parliament
The Bill was adopted by Parliamentarians on Thursday with 189 votes in favour, 74 against and one abstention. Earlier on Thursday, State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele told MPs the legislation had been significantly altered. “Today, as...
Final Draft of Secrecy Bill to be Passed
JOHANNESBURG – President Jacob Zuma is being called on to refer the so-called Secrecy Bill to the Constitutional Court before signing it into law. The National Assembly is on Thursday expected to pass the...
