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24 May 2013
                       
 
 
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13 May 2013
 
 
DA: Statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, Democratic Alliance Parliamentary Leader, opposed to ‘Nkandlagate’ report being tabled behind closed doors (13/05/2013)
STATEMENT
I have received a letter from the Speaker of the National Assembly, Max Sisulu informing me that the Public Works Task Team Report into the upgrade of President Zuma’s private home in Nkandla...
 
 
26 Apr 2013
 
SA passes secrets bill; critics say it may hide graft
INFO BILL
South Africa's parliament approved a bill on Thursday for managing state secrets, ending a three-year battle over legislation critics say could be used to cover up corruption. The Protection of...
 
 
23 Apr 2013
 
MPs adopt Info Bill report
INFO BILL
The amended Protection of State Information Bill looks set to be debated by the National Assembly on Thursday. MPs adopted a report on Tuesday approving changes made by the legislature's second...
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – April 23, 2013.
PODCAST
Communications Minister Dina Pule on Monday shot back at reports published in the Sunday Times, claiming that the “persistent smear campaign” against her was a result of a failed blackmail...
 
 
22 Apr 2013
 
MPs approve Info Bill changes
INFO BILL
The widely welcomed amendments to the Protection of State Information Bill were unanimously approved on Monday by the members of the ad hoc committee finalising the draft bill. After nearly three...
 
 
18 Mar 2013
 
DA: Statement by Theo Coetzee, DA Shadow Minister of State Security, questions how the R4-billion State Security Agency budget is being spent (18/03/2013)
STATEMENT
The State Security Agency (SSA) will this financial year be given almost R4 billion by Treasury but Parliament has little knowledge of what this money is being spent on. As a result of this budget...
 
 
12 Feb 2013
 
DA: Statement by Watty Watson, Democratic Alliance Chief Whip, asserts that the Joint Standing Committee of Intelligence is in contempt of Parliament (12/02/2013)
STATEMENT
Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee of Intelligence (JSCI) has failed to report to Parliament on its activities since 2011, and the latest information we have on the committee’s work refers...
 
 
25 May 2012
 
DA: Statement by Watty Watson, Democratic Alliance Chief Whip, on the ANC's response on the Cecil Burgess matter (25/05/2012)
STATEMENT
ANC Chief Whip Mothole Motshekga this afternoon released a statement responding to the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) call for the Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI),...
 
 
19 May 2012
 
DA: Statement by Watty Watson, Chief Whip of the Democratic Alliance, calling on the removal of Intelligence Committee Chair (19/05/2012)
STATEMENT
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will be writing to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Max Sisulu, and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Johannes Mahlangu, requesting the...
 
 
10 May 2012
 
SA: Cwele: Address by the Minister of State Security, on his department's budget vote, Parliament (10/05/2012)
Topics
In this year of the Centenary of the ANC let me borrow from the words of one of our great leaders “ There is today among all races and men a general desire for progress and for cooperation...
 
 
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...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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