Deadline moved for info Bill committee
The National Council of Provinces has extended the reporting deadline of its committee processing the Protection of State Information Bill to June 30.
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DA: Secrecy Bill will imprison our minds
Speaking out against the planned Protection of State Information Bill the DA has said the Bill will rob South Africans of the freedom they had won.
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Secrecy Bill breakthrough as ANC agrees to major changes
The ANC has bowed to pressure on the Protection of State Information Bill, proposing much greater protection for journalists and whistle-blowers.
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Secrecy Bill: Real light at end of the tunnel
There are still snags in the current secrecy Bill which need to be overcome before the messy democratic success is turned into good law.
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Info Bill deadline may be postponed
The May 17 deadline for MPs to finalise the contentious Protection of State Information Bill may again be postponed.
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Towards a free, responsible press
There is a great deal of important detail still to be finalised, but we should now put the idea of a statutory press commissariat behind us.
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DJ Fresh and the cartoon scandal
Women abuse AND the secrecy Bill? DJ Fresh's hasty comments spell trouble, writes Verashni Pillay.
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The irrefutable case to publish
Today we have quoted extensively from, and published in full on our website, a secret crime intelligence report about the abuse of police funds.
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Cosatu: Secrecy Bill will create a 'police state'
At the third day of public hearings on the secrecy Bill, Cosatu's Zwelinzima Vavi has warned the Bill would change South Africa into a security state.
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Madonsela, 'politics' spice up secrecy Bill submissions
Even after many months of heavy debate submissions made to a parliamentary committee on the Protection of Information Bill has managed to surprise.
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