Tagged: national security
The Right2Know Campaign notes that the ‘General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill’ (the ‘Spy Bill’) has been finalised in the National Assembly committee and is all but ready for adoption. Despite concerns at the rushed...
The following article was published online by News24 Cape Town – Opposition parties urged the ANC on Tuesday to strike a provision from the protection of information bill that would allow intelligence agents to...
The following article was published online by News24 Cape Town – The Right2Know Campaign on Monday said changes made to the protection of information bill by lawmakers have failed to deliver legislation befitting a...
The following article was published online by Times Live: The ANC has conceded that people who publish classified information that would “prejudice” the state should not be jailed for 20 years. The Protection of...
The following article was published online by Business Day: ANC poised to push for national security to be not defined at all in the “secrecy bill” legislation In a surprise move in the Parliamentary...
Right2Know Campaign statement Across the country, the tide of public outrage at the Secrecy Bill continues to grow as the ANC refuses to budge on the Bill’s most draconian provisions. At a late-night meeting...
7 June 2011 The presentations from the speakers at the public meeting held on 7 June 2011 at the IDASA centre: Imam Abdul Rashied Omar: How close is the POIB to meeting R2K’s...