Yesterday, sections of the ANC, SACP and SANCO in the Cape Metro issued a public statement announcing that they will be marching to Parliament later this morning to show their support for the Secrecy Bill....
Submission to National Council of Provinces Re: NCOP Public Hearings on Protection of State Information Bill 26 March 2012 1. Introduction An Ad Hoc Committee of the National Council of Provinces (“NCOP”) was established...
The following article was published in the New York Times DEFENDERS of freedom in South Africa are deeply worried these days. The health of one of the world’s most celebrated democracies, which emerged after...
The following interview was published online by Mail&Guardian: Mail & Guardian: How do you draw the boundaries on the limits of free speech? Kate O’ Regan: What is important to realise is that there...
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 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 interview was published online by Greater Goods SA: The Protection of Information Bill has filled kilometres of space in South African newspapers. But the debate surrounding the Bill is often presented as...
The following article was published online by West Cape News: The South African government’s assault on media freedom over the last 18 months has emboldened other African states to further clampdown on frees speech...
The following article was published online by News Time: ANC lawmakers on Wednesday proposed increasing the instances in which information can be classified to protect national security in a divisive new development on the...
The following article was published online by News 24 ANC lawmakers on Wednesday proposed increasing the instances in which information can be classified to protect national security in a divisive new development on the...
