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21 May 2013
                       
 
 
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22 Mar 2013
 
 
Blaming militarisation for police brutality is aiming at the wrong target
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The death of Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia after being dragged behind a police van in Daveyton has again focused attention on the problem of police brutality. Questions are being asked about...
 
 
21 Dec 2012
 
Forces of change voted out
ANC ROAD TO MANGAUNG
The so-called 'Forces of Change' which had resisted ANC president Jacob Zuma's re-election were voted out of the party's national executive committee on Thursday. None of those who contested the...
 
 
29 Nov 2012
 
SA: Dennis Bloem: Address by the Congress of the People Acting Chief Whip, during the debate on the Protection of State Information Bill, Parliament, Cape Town (29/11/2012)
SPEECH
In our first public hearing in Gugulethu Cape Town, the first speaker there was a women, her name was Matilda Groepe. She asked the Committee if Politicians had anything to hide? If there were...
 
 
22 Nov 2011
 
Media urge MPs to reject Info Bill
PROTECTION OF STATE INFORMATION BILL
A group of editors and the SA National Editors' Forum (Sanef) made an 11th hour plea to ANC MPs to reject the Protection of State Information Bill when it comes up for the vote in the National...
 
 
10 Nov 2011
 
USA, RSA and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Relations between the United States of America (US or USA) and the Republic of South Africa have flourished since US President Barack Obama and South African President Jacob Zuma took over the...
 
 
16 Oct 2011
 
DA: Statement by Helen Zille, Democratic Alliance leader, calling on Zuma to establish an Independent Commission of Inquiry into phone hacking (16/10/2011)
Statements

The Mail & Guardian’s exposé of illegal phone hacking carried out by state security agencies confirms what we have suspected for some time. Government agents are abusing their...

 
 
09 Oct 2011
 
DA: Statement by Helen Zille, Democratic Alliance leader, on the Dalai Lama lease saga (09/10/2011)
Statements

My most extraordinary encounter during the recent election campaign took place at OR Tambo airport 3 days before the polls on 18 May. I had just arrived in Johannesburg from Port Elizabeth...

 
 
10 Mar 2011
 
WC: Statement by Helen Zille, Western Cape Premier, on call monitoring by the National Intelligence Agency (10/03/2011)
Statements

On 8 January 2008 at 06:20 am, my husband Johann answered the phone on the desk in my study. He heard the sound of tapes re-winding and clicking. He then heard a tape recording of...

 
 
27 Jan 2011
 
Info bill deadline likely to be extended again
INFORMATION BILL
The ANC will request that work on the contentious Protection of Information Bill be allowed to continue in coming days, though the lifespan of the committee drafting the legislation expires on Friday.
 
 
06 Nov 2010
 
SA: Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President of South Africa, at the launch of the Ray Alexander-Simons and Heritage Square, Cape Town (06/11/2010)
Topics

Date: 06/11/2010
Source: The Presidency
Title: SA: Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President of South Africa, at the launch of the Ray Alexander-Simons and Heritage Square, Cape...

 
 
05 Nov 2010
 
 
 
Daily podcast - November 5, 2010
PODCAST
In today's podcast, MPs debate the issue of national interest in the controversial Protection of Information Bill; the UNDP rates Norway as the best country in the world to live in and Zimbabwe the...
 
 
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...
 
 
27 Aug 2010
 
 
 
The Unlikely Secret Agent
VIDEO
In this video clip, former Intelligence Minister and struggle stalwart Ronnie Kasrils speaks with Polity's Amy Witherden about his new book entitled 'The Unlikely Secret Agent'.
 
 
13 Aug 2010
 
SA: Manuel: Address by the Minister in the Presidency responsible for National Planning, at the South African Women in Science Awards, Johannesburg (13/08/2010)
Topics

Date: 13/08/2010
Source: The Presidency
Title: SA: Manuel: Address by the Minister in the Presidency responsible for National Planning, at the South African Women in Science Awards,...

 
 
10 Aug 2010
 
Cwele to brief MPs on Protection Information Bill
STATE SECURITY
State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele will come to Parliament on Friday to address Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Protection of Information Bill, which has set the stage for a showdown...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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