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26 Aug 2011
 
 
News this week
UPDATE
Jobs are not being created fast enough to absorb the rising labour force, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel says. Taking questions in the National Assembly, he says this is despite two...
 
 
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...
 
 
01 Jul 2011
 
 
 
South Africa’s judiciary favourable towards media freedom
Media Law
South Africa’s judicial branch has been favourable toward media freedom, if previous judgments from recent court cases involving the media are anything to go by; however, there is concern with...
 
 
23 Nov 2010
 
MPs clash on appeals to release State information
PROTECTION OF INFORMATION
The African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday rejected the idea of having a retired judge handle appeals against government refusal to release information classified under the contentious...
 
 
06 Sep 2010
 
 
 
Cutting through the confusion: A step-by-step guide to the Protection of Information Bill and the Media Appeals Tribunal
WEBBER WENTZEL
In recent weeks there has been much publicity about the Protection of Information Bill and the ANC's proposal for the establishment of a Media Appeals Tribunal and how both of these developments...
 
 
23 Jul 2010
 
 
 
Daily podcast - July 23, 2010
PODCAST
In today's podcast, SA is confirmed as the top developing country investor in Africa; Burundi is found to be the most corrupt nation in East Africa; and, a lawyer warns that the Protection of...
 
 
22 Jul 2010
 
Information Bill unconstitutional — lawyer
PARLIAMENTARY HEARING
Lawmakers were warned again on Thursday that the Protection of Information Bill would not survive Constitutional Court scrutiny because it rode roughshod over media freedom and the democratic...
 
 
25 Mar 2010
 
Important ruling on the effect of amnesty on defamation claims handed down by the SCA
WEBBER WENTZEL
In 2008 the High Court ruled in favour of controversial former Ekhuruleni police chief, Robert McBride, in his claim for defamation and infringement of dignity against The Citizen. The claim...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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