The amended Protection of State Information Bill looks set to be debated by the National Assembly on Thursday.
The widely welcomed amendments to the secrecy Bill have been unanimously approved by the members of the ad hoc committee finalising the draft Bill.
The ANC has pushed the final admendments to the Protection of State Information Bill through the National Council of Provinces, despite protests.
The ANC has adopted the final draft of the Protection of State Information Bill in the absence of opposition parties, who walked out.
The ANC proposed changes to the contentious Protection of State Information Bill again, this time tending to the liberal.
The ANC has agreed to some of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele’s hawkish proposals on the Protection of State Information Bill.
The justice department is footing the R75-million bill for the Farlam commission but the cost to the cash-strapped department may well escalate.
Opposition parties have accused the ANC of retracting concessions made in recent weeks on the espionage section of the secrecy Bill.
The Protection of State Information Bill has been rewritten to general relief, but the latest draft still makes for a messy clash of laws.
Auditor general Terence Nombembe has found that secret service funds were used to pay for a security wall built around Nathi Mthethwa’s private home.