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10 February 2012
                       
 
 
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02 Dec 2011
 
 
ANC: Statement by Mathole Motshekga, African National Congress NEC member, on internal democracy and public participation (02/12/2011)
Statements

The detractors of the ANC have sought to use the process leading to the passage of the Protection of State Information Bill by the National Assembly to entrench their perception that the ANC...

 
 
06 Sep 2011
 
Final Info Bill adopted
PROTECTION OF INFORMATION BILL
The Protection of Information Bill came a step closer to becoming law on Monday as MPs adopted a final draft, despite opposition objections and threats of legal challenge.
 
 
01 Sep 2011
 
ANC rejects public interest defence
INFO BILL
As deliberations on the Protection of Information Bill near an end, the African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday stood firm in its refusal to write a defence into the legislation for people who...
 
 
26 Aug 2011
 
Clash looms on safeguards for media, whistleblowers in Info Bill
INFO BILL
Lawmakers will have a final try on Tuesday at resolving a row over the lack of a defence for journalists and whistleblowers in the Protection of Information Bill, which threatens to trigger a court...
 
 
 
 
Daily Podcast – August 26, 2011
PODCAST
The African National Congress intends wrapping up work on the Protection of Information Bill next week and put it to the vote in the National Assembly. Political parties, however, remain at odds...
 
 
Renewed rush to get Info Bill adopted
INFO BILL
The African National Congress (ANC) intends wrapping up work on the Protection of Information Bill next week and put it to the vote in the National Assembly, though political parties remain at odds...
 
 
23 Aug 2011
 
ANC narrows definition, scope of Info Bill
INFO BILL
The African National Congress (ANC) on Monday made good on a promise to drastically restrict the application of the Protection of Information Bill, and also proposed narrowing the grounds for...
 
 
26 Jul 2011
 
State will have to sift through old secrets
SECRECY BILL
Lawmakers drafting the Protection of Information Bill on Monday turned to the potentially fraught issue of prescribing a review process for all state secrets classified in past decades.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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