South Africa: Minister of Communications On Blackberry Encryption

press release

The Minister of Communications refers to the comments made by the Deputy Minister of Communications Mr Obed Bapela at the Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) in East London. The Deputy Minister call for the encryption codes on Blackberry to be made available to government. This matter was widely reported on in the media.

The Minister of Communications wishes to issue the following clarifying statement on this matter:

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