Sanef has welcomed the decision of the National Council of Provinces to form an ad hoc committee on the Protection of State Information Bill.
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/ 24 November 2011
The claim that international precedent does not show a need for a public interest clause in the secrecy Bill has been challenged by legal experts.
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/ 24 November 2011
The National Council of Provinces have established a committee to deal with the secrecy Bill, while Cosatu has called for amendments to the Bill.
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/ 23 November 2011
The ANC has threatened disciplinary action against its own MPs who did not vote for the passing of the controversial Protection of Information Bill.
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/ 23 November 2011
The blacked out Mac Maharaj story isn’t worth shouting apartheid about, says <b>Niren Tolsi</b>.
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/ 23 November 2011
The secrecy Bill will be challenged in the Constitutional Court if the National Council of Provinces and President Zuma fail to fix the legislation.
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/ 22 November 2011
ANC MPs have avoided wearing black ‘as planned by the opposition’ as Parliamentarians met to vote on the contentious Protection of Information Bill.
Ahead of Parliament’s vote on the contentious secrecy Bill, the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory has tabled amendments it feels could fix the Bill.
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/ 22 November 2011
The passing of the secrecy Bill today would mark the beginning of the end of the freedom of information we cherish as a pillar of our democracy.
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/ 22 November 2011
The controversy around Black Tuesday reminds <b>Verashni Pillay</b> why we do what we do.
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/ 21 November 2011
The press ombudsman has dismissed a complaint made by Mathole Motshekga about a <i>Cape Times</i> Protection of State Information Bill story.
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/ 21 November 2011
News that Mac Maharaj’s attorneys laid charges against the <i>M&G</i> and two of its journalists comes as a surprise, writes <b>Pierre de Vos</b>.
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/ 21 November 2011
The ANC’s chief whip says the National Press Club’s Black Wednesday plan for this week’s vote on the secrecy Bill are a senseless distortion of facts
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/ 18 November 2011
The ANC has accused former intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils of wanting to rule the state security department "from the grave".
The National Assembly is expected to pass the controversial Protection of State Information Bill next week.
Former intelligence head Ronnie Kasrils has come out in support of Sanef who is threatening legal action against the secrecy Bill.
Sanef has threatened legal action if a public interest defence clause is left out the controversial Protection of State Information Bill.
State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele says the new secrecy Bill is not targeting the country’s free press despite fears by critics.
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/ 14 November 2011
ANC MP Luwellyn Landers says the scheduled debate on the Protection of State Information Bill will be delayed by a week to next Wednesday.
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/ 10 November 2011
The ANC’s chief whip says the Protection of State Information Bill will be debated in the National Assembly next week.
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/ 5 November 2011
About a hundred people from the Right 2 Know campaign have marched in Durban against the Protection of State Information Bill.
MEDIA FREEDOM: ANC-driven public participation process on the Secrecy Bill could be a move to sideline Parliament.