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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Update: We are also planning a series of countrywide events next week, R2K’s National Freedom Week. Read more here! Today at 14h00 the National Assembly will vote to pass the Secrecy Bill. The Right2Know...
On Thursday 25 April – the eve of Freedom Day – the National Assembly will vote to pass the Protection of State Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill). Rather than responding to calls to replace...
Johannesburg – Ruling party and opposition MPs were united in applauding changes to the Secrecy Bill, but still hugely divided on the legislation’s constitutionality in certain areas. Members of the ad hoc committee on...
MPs adopted a report on Tuesday approving changes made by the legislature’s second house last year. “The report is adopted. It is likely to be on the agenda on Thursday,” said Cecil Burgess, the...
THE years of protracted parliamentary deliberation on the “secrecy bill” entered the home straight on Monday, but final approval of the bill is likely to trigger a court challenge despite far-reaching amendments. The ad...
