Tagged: Protection of Information Bill
The following article was published online by IOL News: The ANC has been criticised for dithering on a definition of national security, a cornerstone of the controversial Protection of Information Bill. The bill seeks...
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...
The following article was published online by Daily Maverick, although other estimates of attendance are closer to 800. The Right 2 Know Campaign first organised a march to the Constitutional Court in October last...
The following article was published online by Biz Community: As the Protection of Information Bill (aka Secrecy Bill) is on the brink of putting South Africa at the same level with secretive societies such...
The following article was published online by Mail&Guardian. The state law adviser has previously dismissed any criticism of the Secrecy Bill, and a recent report highlighted controversy in his office following “a spate of poorly...
The following article was published online by The New Age: Nobel Prize in Literature winner Nadine Gordimer is among five prominent South Africans scheduled to speak at a public rally against the proposed Protection...
The following article was published online by Mail&Guardian: The National Archives and Records Service were ill-equipped to deal with the deluge of declassified information likely to ensue once the Protection of Information Bill becomes...
The following article was published online by Times Live: A key clause of the Protection of Information Bill still falls foul of the Constitution because it infringes on the presumption of innocence, a senior counsel...
The following article was published online by News Time: During the dark days of apartheid, liberation movements treated the media with great suspicion. The dominant view was that the media was promoting the apartheid...
The following article was published online by Business Day: Staff claim they have no work as bad bills land in Parliament, writes Wyndham Hartley Indications are that Chief State Law Adviser Enver Daniels will...