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19 May 2013
                       
 
 
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14 May 2013
 
 
DA: Statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, Parliamentary Leader of the Democratic Alliance, petitions President Zuma to refer Secrecy Bill back to Parliament (14/05/2013)
STATEMENT
The first is the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) position on the Secrecy Bill: where we are. The second is to place the Bill within the wider context of the ever deepening security state in defense...
 
 
03 May 2013
 
Public Protector, MPs clash over decisions
PUBLIC PROTECTOR
MPs and Public Protector Thuli Madonsela clashed on Thursday over the extent of her independence after the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) queried some of her...
 
 
30 Apr 2013
 
DA: Statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, DA Parliamentary Leader, asserts that South Africa must remember what Helen Suzman did for Parliament and South Africa (30/04/2013)
STATEMENT
I have today, together with DA Federal Chairperson, Dr Wilmot James, unveiled the Know Your DA campaign poster. 200 of these posters will be erected in the streets surrounding Parliament as a...
 
 
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...
 
 
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...
 
 
21 Nov 2012
 
MPs adopt constitution amendment
CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT
A long-awaited change entrenching the Constitutional Court as the highest court in the land was approved by the National Assembly on Tuesday. The Constitution 17th Amendment Bill was adopted by 276...
 
 
07 Nov 2012
 
Constitutional amendment expected soon
Justice
Political parties on Wednesday neared accord on the Constitutional 17th Amendment Bill and said it should be passed this month still. However, the Democratic Alliance (DA) continued to press for...
 
 
23 May 2012
 
 
 
Daily Podcast - May 23, 2012
PODCAST
ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe says Western investors have to realise South Africa does not need their money, United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay is calling on Zimbabwe to take...
 
 
22 May 2012
 
Organisations condemn art defacing
PORTRAIT
The defacing of a painting depicting President Jacob Zuma with exposed private parts in a Johannesburg gallery was widely condemned on Tuesday.
 
 
18 Nov 2011
 
IFP's Info Bill changes voted down
INFO BILL
An Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) last-minute tabling of 123 amendments to Protection of State Information Bill turned to farce on Thursday as the African National Congress (ANC) and all other...
 
 
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...
 
 
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.
 
 
07 Mar 2011
 
Parliament to rule on Info Bill committee
INFORMATION BILL
The future of the parliamentary committee handling the contentious Protection of Information Bill is likely to be settled on Wednesday, the Speaker's office said.
 
 
20 Jan 2011
 
Fight over scope of info bill continues
CLASSIFICATION
The ideological battle over the scope of the Protection of Information Bill continued on Thursday with the ANC rejecting the need for a defined list of state agencies that may classify documents.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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