The Protection of State Information Bill could become law as early as June as the ad hoc committee has been given until June 20 to finish its work.
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The Office of the ANC Chief Whip has welcomed the approval of a report adopting the legislation for the Protection of State Information Bill.
The National Council of Provinces gave its stamp of approval to the Protection of State Information Bill when it adopted the final draft.
The ANC has pushed the final admendments to the Protection of State Information Bill through the National Council of Provinces, despite protests.
The Right2Know Campaign intends challenging the Protection of State Information Bill in the ConCourt should it be signed into law in its present form.
Experts agree that if the secrecy Bill is enacted into law, either opposition parties or the public will contest the law at the Constitutional Court.
The parliamentary committee processing the Protection of Information Bill has finalised its work and adopted the final report.
The ANC has adopted the final draft of the Protection of State Information Bill in the absence of opposition parties, who walked out.
In the little death of democracy that is the finalisation of the secrecy Bill, there is a kernel of hope – an invigorated civil society.
The ANC appears to have been swayed by Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi’s insistence on changes to the Bill, writes Andisiwe Makinana.
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.
Progress had been made on the Protection of State Information Bill. Not enough to render it safe for democracy, but progress nonetheless.
State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele has asked for the inclusion of a contentious clause into the current draft of the secrecy Bill.
Organisations opposed to the Protection of State Information Bill have vowed to continue resisting the contentious draft legislation.
The ANC has indicated that it has gone as far as it could to accommodate input into and in amending the Protection of State Information Bill.
An ANC document that was presented to some of the opposition parties revealed that the party sought to "reduce opposition to the Bill".
The Democratic Alliance claims the ANC in the City of Johannesburg wants to develop a secrecy Bill for the municipality.
The acting director general of the department of state security has caused a stir by shooting down many of the proposed amendments to the Bill.
All meetings of the committee redrafting the info Bill have been cancelled after ANC MPs and the state security department deadlocked on proposals.
The National Council of Provinces could learn a few things from events in Israel as it finalises changes to the Protection of State Information Bill.
Small changes to the wording of the concession on the public interest defence would fix defects on the Secrecy Bill, writes Stefaans Brmmer.
The National Council of Provinces has extended the reporting deadline of its committee processing the Protection of State Information Bill to June 30.
The ANC has bowed to pressure on the Protection of State Information Bill, proposing much greater protection for journalists and whistle-blowers.
The May 17 deadline for MPs to finalise the contentious Protection of State Information Bill may again be postponed.
Nobel prize winning author Nadine Gordimer has condemned the Protection of State Information Bill, calling it a threat to freedom in South Africa.
The ANC Veterans’ League has come out against the intended discliplinary action against ANC MP Ben Turok. Turok voted against the secrecy Bill.
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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.
Public protector Thuli Madonsela has pleaded with parliamentarians to rethink aspects of the secrecy Bill, saying it would "severely" affect her work.