JOHANNESBURG – The Right2Know Campaign said on Wednesday the translation of the Protection of State Information Bill (POSIB) into South Africa’s 11 official languages is expected to be finished by the end of the week. From there the so-called Secrecy Bill will land on President Jacob Zuma’s desk to be signed into law. The bill …
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JOHANNESBURG – The Protection of State Information Bill is expected to land on President Jacob Zuma’s desk next week, the Right2Know Campaign revealed on Wednesday. The so-called Secrecy Bill recently got passed in Parliament and is one step closer from being signed into law. The proposed law has been in the making for several years …
Media, civil society organisations and opposition political have reacted with outrage at the passing of the controversial Protection of State Information Bill, otherwise known as the ‘secrecy bill’. They have confirmed that the next stop is the Constitutional Court. Most agree that while the bill that was passed last week was much improved from the …
Pretoria – The ANC has rejected as an “act of desperation and posturing” a call by the DA to have another vote on the recently passed Protection of State Information Bill, also known as the Secrecy Bill. The official opposition made its request after ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga blamed a “technical glitch” for being …
On Thursday, the Right2Know campaign, which has been the most outspoken civil society voice lobbying against the bill’s passing, held vigils outside Parliament and Luthuli House before Parliament’s afternoon plenary session commenced. It was hoping to send a last message to MPs that if the bill were passed, it would be greeted with an outcry. …
It was somewhat ironic that two days before Freedom Day, the anniversary of South African democracy, the national assembly passed the controversial secrecy bill in parliament. The much criticised protection of state information bill, dubbed the secrecy bill, will increase the government’s power to restrict access to information and impose hefty fines and jail terms …
CAPE TOWN – Years of work, over 100 meetings, 800 amendments and vociferous protests…the Protection of State Information Bill (POSIB) has been on a rollercoaster ride indeed. But while the bill was passed by the National Assembly on Thursday, there’s a long haul ahead. Opposition political parties and activists look set to head to the …
The National Assembly voted 189-74 to pass the Protection of Information (‘Secrecy’) Bill yesterday, leaving only President Jacob Zuma to sign it into law. The Bill which will revise the classification of state information, has been widely criticised by opposition parties as well as media practitioners for the limited protection it offers to whistle-blowers. Amendments …
JOHANNESBURG – Activist group the Right2Know campaign said it will hold silent pickets outside the ANC headquarters in Johannesburg and Parliament in opposition to the approval of the so-called secrecy bill on Thursday. The organisation said it’s not too late for the ruling party to abandon its launch of the controversial Protection of State Information …
Today at 14h00 the National Assembly will vote to pass the Secrecy Bill. The Right2Know Campaign will be picketing outside Luthuli House in Johannesburg from 13h00 to 16h00 and observing a silent vigil in Parliament from 13h30. On the eve of Freedom Day we call on MPs to remember the spirit of 27 April 1994 …