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South Africa:
MPs to Correct Public Hearings Reports
West Cape News, 7 May 2012
Reports on public hearings over the controversial Protection of State Information Bill have been tabled before MPs. Read more »
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South Africa:
DA to Request Formal Extension of Secrecy Bill Committee Lifespan
DA, 4 May 2012
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Ad Hoc Committee on the Protection of State Information Bill met this morning for deliberations. Read more »
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South Africa:
Secrecy Bill Adverts Undermine Parliament, Asa Must Investigate
DA, 2 April 2012
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will today lodge a formal complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) regarding the pro-Secrecy Bill advertising campaign launched last… Read more »
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South Africa:
DA to Continue to Push for Secrecy Bill Amendments As Mass Opposition Grows
DA, 27 March 2012
The controversial Secrecy Bill takes centre stage in Parliament again this week as various civil society groups, state organs and the media make oral submissions to the National… Read more »
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South Africa:
What's Up With These National Council of Provinces Public Hearings? A Lot, Actually
Biz-Community, 26 March 2012
Tomorrow, Tuesday, 27 March 2012, marks the start of four days of oral presentations to the parliamentary ad hoc committee dealing with the Protection of State Information Bill aka… Read more »
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South Africa:
Public Sentiment At Secrecy Bill Hearings Wake Up Call for ANC
DA, 31 January 2012
The feedback from communities in Gugulethu and Thembalethu at the first NCOP secrecy bill hearings today is a harsh wake up call for the ANC. Read more »
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South Africa:
DA Supports System of Media Self-Regulation
DA, 30 January 2012
This morning I represented the Democratic Alliance (DA) at the public hearings of the Press Freedom Commission in Johannesburg. I made it clear that the DA has been, and continues… Read more »
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South Africa:
DA Requests Probe Into Minister Cwele's Foreign Proxy Comments
DA, 29 January 2012
State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele refuses to clarify comments in which he labelled domestic opposition to the controversial Secrecy Bill "proxies" of "foreign spies". Read more »
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South Africa:
Minister Cwele Must Clarify Foreign Proxy Comments
DA, 25 January 2012
Parliament's records contradict State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele's outright denial yesterday that he had ever labelled domestic opposition to the controversial "Secrecy… Read more »
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South Africa:
Secrecy Bill Will Damage Country's Image
RNW Africa, 23 November 2011
The South African parliament yesterday passed the controversial Protection of Information Bill (POIB). Commonly known as the Secrecy Bill, it could harm the Rainbow Nation's… Read more »
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South Africa:
Will Secrecy Law Approved By Parliament End Investigative Journalism?
RSF, 22 November 2011
Reporters Without Borders is deeply disappointed and very worried by the South African parliament's approval of the Protection of State Information Bill and urges President Jacob… Read more »
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South Africa:
Constitutional Court Last Hope for Press Freedom in Country
Biz-Community, 23 November 2011
Comments on the decision of 229 ANC members of Parliament to vote in favour of the Protection of Information Bill on Black Tuesday have come from both the South African National… Read more »
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South Africa:
Media, Civil Society Vow to Continue Fighting Against 'Secrecy Bill'
allAfrica, 22 November 2011
Protesters at the South African Parliament in Cape Town vowed to continue fighting against the so-called Secrecy Bill, saying it is a threat to democracy and service delivery. Read more »