Last week President Jacob Zuma signed five new Bills into law. All five of these Bills were approved by the National Assembly some time after the House had passed the Protection of State Information Bill, commonly known as the "Secrecy Bill".
The five Bills were approved during the course of May and June 2013, while the Secrecy Bill was passed earlier in the year, on 25 April 2013.
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