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.
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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.
Cosatu has now backtracked on its strong opposition to the Info Bill and called for discussions.
The factionalism and divisions within the ruling party and how they play out will determine the relationship between the party and the electorate.
Thobile Ntola, the president of Sadtu, criticised the info Bill publicly without debating it within the teachers’ union, leaders say.
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.
The National Assembly voted in the Protection of Information Bill on Tuesday with 229 votes.
Journalists, activists and citizens around SA have joined protests against the controversial secrecy Bill, which Parliament will vote on today.
Mass demonstrations against the Protection of Information Bill will be held today, as it is put to the vote in Parliament’s National Assembly.
