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A responsive and accountable democracy that can meet the basic needs of our people is built upon transparency and the free flow of information. The gains of South Africans’ struggle for freedom are threatened by the Secrecy Bill (the Protection of Information Bill)...
By Pregs GovenderPregs Govender, Deputy Chair of the South African Human Rights commission (SAHRC), argues that secrecy has been integral to the oppression of people and to the exploitation of land and mineral resources across the world. Developing a human rights...
01 September 2010Oppose media censorship! Oppose state authoritarianism! Not in our names! Democratise the media! The Conference of the Democratic Left (CoDL) condemns government and ANC attempts to curb media freedom in South Africa, made manifest in the...
By Chantelle Benjamin, 31 August 2010 More than 180 civil organisations and individuals will today announce a major campaign and a week of protest against the Protection of Information Bill. Journalism schools yesterday added their voice to criticism of the bill and...
31 August 2010A responsive and accountable democracy that can meet the basic needs of our people is built upon transparency and the free flow of information. The gains of South Africans’ struggle for freedom are threatened by the Protection of Information Bill (the...
The Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) statement on the threats to Press Freedom notes that - as a result of ANC policy - South Africa's media is highly concentrated and services a small section of the population. It also highlights the need to defend...
By Terry BellIn 1993, as the prospect of a non-racist democracy loomed, the last apartheid president, F. W. de Klerk and his minions, ordered the destruction of tonnes of files, microfilm, audio and computer tapes and disks. Information about state-sponsored murders,...
The government is in the process of passing a law that will limit access to government information undermining transparency, accountability, and media freedom in South Africa. The Protection of Information Bill allows every organ of state - from government departments...
Let the Truth be Told - Stop the Secrecy Bill! A responsive and accountable democracy that can meet the basic needs of our people is built upon transparency and the free flow of information. The gains of South Africans’ struggle for freedom are threatened by the...