THE Armaments Development and Production Act of 1968, which Denel is using in its court application to gag the media, is due to be repealed by Parliament, reports Rehana Rossouw.
Almost completely unnoticed by the media, the Cabinet approved the far-reaching Open Democracy Bill last month. It aims to grant any person the right to information held by the government, regulates the use of information held about citizens by the government or private agencies, and protects whistleblowers.