Govt Under Pressure to Approve Info Bill
Parliament has run out of time to approve the controversial ‘secrecy bill’ this year and work will continue in the special ad hoc committee for the rest of this monthParliament has run out of time to...
View ArticleRight2Know Campaign: What will the Secrecy Bill mean for community media?
The Right2Know campaign will host a discussion on 26 November 2010 in Cape Town on the Protection of Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill), which is sitting before Parliament. The Bill has been widely...
View ArticleSecrecy Bill Will Apply to Over 1 000 Institutions - Idasa
Idasa has taken a crack at the job the state law adviser said was too big for his office, counting 1001 ‘organs of state’ that will be affected by the Protection of Information BillThe Institute for...
View ArticleSA Editors Urge Citizens to Support Free Press
South African editors are still opposing the ANC’s proposed media appeals tribunal, the Protection of Information Bill and the Secrecy Act, which are currently before parliamentSouth African editors...
View ArticleSANEF Rejects Call to Register Journalists
SANEF objects to a call from MPs to have their profession legally defined in order for members to be exempted from the provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Bill on the grounds that this...
View ArticleThe Secrecy Bill: Where to From Here?
Right2Know CampaignThe Right2Know Campaign (R2K) is a nation-wide coalition of people and organisations opposed to the Protection of Information Bill – also known as the Secrecy Bill – currently before...
View ArticleStop the Secrecy Bill - Right to Know Gauteng Coalition Meeting
Right2Know CampaignThe Right2Know Campaign (R2K) is a nation-wide coalition of people and organisations opposed to the Protection of Information Bill - also known as the Secrecy Bill - currently before...
View ArticleStop the Secrecy Bill - Support the Right2Know Campaign
The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) is a nation-wide coalition of people and organisations opposed to the Protection of Information Bill - also known as the Secrecy Bill - currently before the South African...
View ArticleNegative Fallout of South African Secrecy Bill Could Affect Entire Continent
If the South African Parliament pushes through the highly controversial Protection of Information Bill, the negative fallout in the region could be immense, said CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen...
View ArticleR2K Welcomes Secrecy Bill Extension
The Right2Know campaign welcomes the announcement that the ANC Parliamentary caucus intends to extend the deadline on the Protection of Information Bill to 23 September 2011. It is clear that mounting...
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