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27 May 2012
                       
 
 
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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...
 
 
15 Nov 2011
 
Info Bill vote delayed again
INFO BILL
The Protection of State Information Bill will finally be put to the vote in the National Assembly next Wednesday after a further delay of one week, ANC MP Luwellyn Landers confirmed on Monday.
 
 
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...
 
 
11 Aug 2011
 
Archives won't cope with declassification deluge
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
The National Archives are ill-equipped to deal with the deluge of declassified information likely to ensue once the Protection of Information Bill becomes law, the Nelson Mandela Foundation warned...
 
 
29 Jul 2011
 
IFP: Statement by Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Inkatha Freedom Party president, on corruption (29/07/2011)
Statements

Dear friends and fellow South Africans,

"South Africa has never experienced any democracy until 1994 and no South
African or any formation in our society can stand to...

 
 
10 Nov 2010
 
ANC protects whistleblowers, not the media
PROTECTION OF INFO
Ruling party Members of Parliament (MPs) on Tuesday accepted changes to the Protection of Information Bill to protect whistleblowers who disclose State secrets, but baulked at doing the same for...
 
 
05 Nov 2010
 
National interest clause is history — ANC
LEGISLATION
Members of Parliament (MPs) redrafting the controversial Protection of Information Bill on Thursday have cemented an agreement that the State will not be allowed to classify commercial information...
 
 
29 Oct 2010
 
Information Bill heading for delay
PROTECTION OF INFORMATION BILL
The contentious Protection of Information Bill is heading for a redraft to narrow its scope, but the new version will not see the light this year, MPs said on Friday.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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