As a citizen I am deeply disturbed by the battering-ram approach towards passing the Protection of (State) Information Bill into law. It fails to realise that transparency is a foundation of the democracy we fought for. Our struggle against apartheid was a struggle for voice. That principle should not be betrayed.
The outrageous comment by state security minister Siyabonga Cwele in Parliament that opponents raising their concerns against the so-called Secrecy Bill are agents of foreign spies is ominous.
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