Category: Campaign Updates
The following article was published in Times Lives Right2Know backs Cosatu’s opposition to info billCosatu’s vocal opposition to the Protection of Information Bill was applauded by the Right2Know campaign on Wednesday.“With such a powerful...
Professor Iain Currie put together a document that compares how the 2010 draft of the POI Bill differs from the 2008 draft that was withdrawn from Parliament to be rewritten.
Protection of Information Bill, a threat to whistle-blowersThe Congress of South African Trade Unions is deeply concerned that the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee has begun clause-by-clause voting on a revised version of the Protection...
The following article was published on Eyewitness News Right 2 Know mulls legal action over info billThe arguments and counter-arguments continued in Parliament as MPs engaged in sober debate over the protection of information...
The decision by ANC MPs on Parliament’s ad-hoc committee to vote on clauses of the Secrecy Bill on Tuesday confirms that the ruling party is willing to use its majority on the committee to steamroll a range of unresolved problems...
The following article was published on line by the East Coast Radio. Critics of the widely debated Protection of Information Bill say they will continue to petition so that it is not signed into...
The following article was published online by news24 Cape Town – Rights campaigners on Thursday said they would ratchet up a campaign to prevent the ANC from ramming the current version of the...
The following article was published in the Mail & Guardian Rights campaigners on Thursday said they would mobilise poor communities in a revived campaign to prevent the ANC from ramming the Protection of Information...
The following article was published in The Daily Maverick The ANC’s fast and furious parliamentary deliberation over the Info Bill, going through the motionsIn the face of sustained opposition to the Protection of Information...
The following article was published in the Times Live ‘If there is no consensus we will vote .’ Less than a week after the local government elections, the ANC has already dusted off the...