State, ANC won’t budge on info bill
The following article was published online by IOL News The government and the ANC are not about to give ground despite demands that a public interest defence clause be included in the Protection...
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Info Bill battle likely to predominate again
The following article was pubilished on line the IOL news Parliament looks set to kick off the new year in much the same manner as it ended the last – by managing a bitter...
Cosatu, R2K and Sanef to work together against the Secrecy Bill
The following article was published in the Daily Maverick Cosatu secretary-general Zwelinzima Vavi met with the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) on Wednesday morning to plan a way forward on the opposition to...
Right 2 Know marches to the Constitutional Court, again
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...
Scrap Secrecy Bill, defiant marchers tell SA govt
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...
Secrecy bill concessions fail to protect basic freedoms
The following article was published online by Sowetan Live Parliament resumes its deliberations on the Protection of Information Bill today, with pressure on the ruling party to go beyond concessions promised last month when...
Review panel ‘temporary victory’
The following article was published online by Sowetan The Protection of Information Bill was back in the spotlight in Parliament yesterday, with the focus on a new panel that will have the power to...
MPs get back to work on info bill
The following article was published in Times Live. Parliament resumes its deliberations on the Protection of Information Bill today, with pressure on the ANC to go beyond the concessions it promised last month in...
MPs get back to work on info bill
The following article was published in Times Live. Parliament resumes its deliberations on the Protection of Information Bill today, with pressure on the ANC to go beyond the concessions it promised last month in...
Cosatu credited for secrecy bill u-turn
The Protection of Information Bill was written with the aim of creating a security state, and Cosatu should be credited for forcing the ANC to rethink it, the Right 2 Know Campaign said “There...
