Despite alleged abuses of power and people’s trust, the ANC appears to have abandoned plans to reform the controversial Ingonyama Trust Board
The list of national key points has finally been released, unexpectedly, after years of attempts by the minister of police to keep it secret.
Between secrecy, controversy and infighting, election season shows no sign of slowing down, writes Rapule Tabane.
The National Assembly has referred the Protection of State Information Bill back to the ad hoc committee because of procedural failures.
This week, Zuma gives some good news, Citizens4Marikana march for money and Miley Cyrus makes the news … again.
Civil society and opposition groups cling to the hope that the controversial Protection of State Information Bill will go to the Constitutional Court.
The ANC has adopted the final draft of the Protection of State Information Bill in the absence of opposition parties, who walked out.
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.
The National Council of Provinces hopes for agreement among parties when it produces its final draft of the Protection of State Information Bill.
It is a pity that the media has not given much attention to the positive aspects of the Protection of Personal Information Bill, writes John Jeffery.
A proposed law threatens journalists who work outside the mainstream of print and TV, writes Vinayak Bhardwaj and Stefaans Brummer.
The state security department is standing firm on the public interest clause in the Protection of State Information Bill, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
The factionalism and divisions within the ruling party and how they play out will determine the relationship between the party and the electorate.
Cosatu has now backtracked on its strong opposition to the Info Bill and called for discussions.
Thobile Ntola, the president of Sadtu, criticised the info Bill publicly without debating it within the teachers’ union, leaders say.
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/ 22 November 2011
Civic organisations say the passing of the secrecy Bill came as no surprise but they would continue to fight it at the National Council of Provinces.
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/ 22 November 2011
The National Assembly voted in the Protection of Information Bill on Tuesday with 229 votes.
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/ 22 November 2011
Journalists, activists and citizens around SA have joined protests against the controversial secrecy Bill, which Parliament will vote on today.
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/ 21 November 2011
Mass demonstrations against the Protection of Information Bill will be held today, as it is put to the vote in Parliament’s National Assembly.
M&G editor-in-chief Nic Dawes explains why we blacked out the Mac Maharaj article and what our next steps will be to publish the story.
The National Assembly is expected to pass the controversial Protection of State Information Bill next week.
Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj has accused the <i>M&G</i> of seeking to ‘hide its complicity’ after a report about him was suppressed.
The <i>M&G</i> has been compelled to suppress a report about presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj, following a threat of criminal prosecution.
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/ 11 November 2011
Despite claims it would sound out public opinion, the ANC now plans to finalise the controversial Protection of Information Bill before December.
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/ 10 November 2011
If you have been watching the progress of the Protection of State Information Bill you may be suffering from symptoms of whiplash.
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/ 9 November 2011
Sanef and the Right2Know campaign have welcomed the possible inclusion of a public interest defence in the Protection of State Information Bill.
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/ 8 November 2011
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe suggested the ANC may heed calls from the media to write a public interest defence into the contested Cecrecy Bill.
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/ 19 October 2011
As journalists commemorate "Black Wednesday", Sanef says media now faces other threats to freedom such as the Protection of Information Bill.
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/ 14 October 2011
In October 2008 Parliament shelved two Bills that could have a severely negative impact on the free flow of information in this country.
Media organisations say they had not known about a policy forcing journalists to request interviews with MPs through Parliament’s media office.
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/ 30 September 2011
The introduction of an ANC committee to continue the public consultation process undermines the legitimacy of Parliament.