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/ 25 November 2011
Acclaimed photographs David Goldblatt has turned down a top SA award in protest of the secrecy Bill. Read his letter to Jacob Zuma.
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/ 25 November 2011
When the National Party government realised it was losing its grip on power, it became preoccupied with state security.
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/ 25 November 2011
This has not been a great week to be South African as a once-proud liberation movement rushed into law a Secrecy Bill.
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 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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/ 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 controversy around Black Tuesday reminds <b>Verashni Pillay</b> why we do what we do.
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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.
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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
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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 5 November 2011
About a hundred people from the Right 2 Know campaign have marched in Durban against the Protection of State Information Bill.
Commission is embarking on a campaign to elicit debate and is researching possible regulation.
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/ 29 September 2011
The office of the speaker of Parliament says the ANC may do whatever it likes in terms of inviting public input on the Protection of Information Bill.
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/ 23 September 2011
Freedom of expression has suffered two body blows in the Protection of State Information Bill and the Malema Equality Court ruling.
The ANC’s NEC meeting was given an unscheduled presentation on the Information Bill shortly before it was unexpectedly withdraw earlier this week.
amaBhungane welcomes withdrawal of controversial law
A day before it was supposed to be debated on in Parliament, the Protection of Information Bill has been withdrawn for further discussion.
A day before Parliament is due to debate the controversial secrecy Bill, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has signalled it may be shelved.
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/ 17 September 2011
Sanef has again criticised the Protection of Information Bill, saying it was a threat to democracy and does not comply with constitutional freedom.
<i>M&G</i> Centre of Investigative Journalism will add its weight to the Constitutional Court challenge.