Is the solution then to declare schools national key points?

The DA is appealing to Parliament to replace the National Key Points Act with the Protection of Critical Infrastructure Private Member’s Bill.

The list of national key points has finally been released, unexpectedly, after years of attempts by the minister of police to keep it secret.

Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko has been given 30 days to hand over the national key points list to the Right2Know Campaign and SA History Archive.

The Johannesburg high court has found that disclosing the locations of 200 key points would not, as the state said, prejudice national security.

COMMENT: Freedom of information is a requisite for democracy – a battle is needed to fight the growing climate of secrecy in SA.

The counsel for the Right2Know Campaign argued that Minister of Police, Nkosinathi Nhleko’s arguments "don’t stand up to logical scrutiny".

R2K and SOS have written to SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala to ask her whether she invoked the National Key Points Act as a warning to staff.