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Protection of State Information Bill
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Zimbabwe Bans Foreign Papers
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Think our South African Protection of Information Bill is scary? It’s nothing on Zimbabwe’s media commission, which has announced that it will actively ban foreign newspapers and magazines henceforth.
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New Ad Hoc Committee On Secrecy Bill Announced
02 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The committee which will shepherd the Protection of State Information Bill through to the next stage of its approval process in the National Council of Provinces next year has been announced. Parliament has elected 15 ad hoc committee members, 10 of whom are from the ANC, two from the DA and one each from Cope, the ID and the IFP.
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Secrecy Bill – Where Do We Stand Now?
22 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Members of Parliament have voted in favour of the Protection of State Information Bill. The bill still needs to be passed by the National Council of Provinces next year, but it has effectively been adopted by the National Assembly today based on majority vote. It has NOT yet been enacted. Editors staged a walkout as the announcement was made in Parliament.
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