Protection of State Information 2010

Updated:

2012-05-12

Note on progress:

Bill passed by NA on 22 November 2011, transmitted to NCOP for concurrence - further details in Bill Tracker (access for subscribers, or purchase this document)

Originator:

Minister of State Security

Committees:

Joint Standing Committees on State Security and Intelligence

Ad Hoc Committee on Protection of State Information Bill

Draft Bill

Year of publication:

2010

Explanatory summary:

Published in GG 32999 of 5 March 2010 - access for Government Gazette subscribers, or purchase this document

Bill

Bill number:

B6-2010

Year of publication:

2010

Bill full text:

Access for Bill Tracker subscribers, or purchase this document

Hearings, briefings and submissions on bill:

This is a very dangerous Bill - Submission to Ad Hoc Committee (NCP) on Protection of State Information Bill, by Mary de Haas - Politicsweb (2012-02-20)
Right2Know's submission to the NCOP on the Secrecy Bill - Politicsweb (2012-02-20)
Seven problems with the POSIB - Legal Resources Centre, Constitutional Litigation Unit, Submission on Bill B6-2010 Protection of State Information Bill on behalf of People Against Suffering, Suppression, Oppression and Poverty - Politicsweb (2021-02-17)
POSIB will hinder fight against corruption - Corruption Watch submission to the NCOP ad hoc commission - Politicsweb (2012-03-27)
COSATU submission to the NCOP - Polity.org.za (2012-03-30)

Further Information

SabinetLaw articles:

Protection of Information Bill to Declassify State Secrets

Public Hearings on Protection of Information Bill for July

Update on Protection of Information Bill

Protection of Information Bill: Uncertainty about Lifespan of Ad Hoc Committee

Protection of Information Bill: Deadline Extended for Committee Report

Protection of State Information Bill Adopted

Protection of State Information Bill Seeks to Address Espionage and State Information Peddling

News articles:

Creeping censorship a threat to the post-apartheid media - Business Day (2009-11-12) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Revised bill keeps harsh penalties for information peddling - Business Day (2010-06-02)
Revived media 'gag' bill faces criticism - Business Day (2010-07-01)
State secrecy bill returns, worse than ever - Times Live (2010-07-11)
Secrecy bill gives state companies 'unfair edge' - Business Day (2010-07-13)
Information Bill: Not for you to know - Financial Mail (2010-07-15)
Bill may jail Honest Joe - iafrica.com (2010-07-16)
Opinion - Dispatch Online (2010-07-17)
Information Bill 'like apartheid secrecy' - Polity.org.za (2010-07-19)
Info Bill 'like apartheid secrecy - News24 (2010-07-19)
Information Bill 'like apartheid era legislation' - Mail & Guardian (2010-07-19)
New bill reminds expert of apartheid - Cape Times (2010-07-20)
'Secrecy bill' no more threat than a blunt paper shredder - Business Day (2010-07-21)
Even Eskom is anti info bill - Times Live (2010-07-22)
Info bill should be redrafted: critics - IOL (2010-07-22)
Information Bill unconstitutional - lawyer - Polity.org.za (2010-07-22)
Media slam protection of information bill - Eyewitness News (2010-07-22)
Secrecy bill 'will hamper MPs' - Business Day (2010-07-23)
Strong opposition to Protection of Information Bill - Eyewitness News (2010-07-23)
Information Bill 'unconstitutional' - Dispatch Online (2010-07-23)
Info Bill will not survice Concourt scrutiny - critics - Cape Times (2010-07-23)
Information Bill unconstitutional - lawyer - Cape Times (2010-07-23)
State vs media: false dichotomy - Mail & Guardian (2010-07-23)
Markets and media worry over secrecy bill: Reuters - defenceWeb (2010-07-23)
Information bill continues erosion of press freedom - Daily Dispatch Online (2010-07-24)
Sanef warns on media bill - The Voice of the Cape (2010-07-24)
'Media may be under dire threat once more' - Mail & Guardian (2010-07-26)
Suddenly the media is at the centre of things again (Editorial) - Business Day (2010-07-26)
Objections to info bill hysterical - law advisor - Polity.org.za (2010-07-27)
Objections to info bill 'emotional and hysterical' - Mail & Guardian (2010-07-27)
Government's legal eagle dismisses info bill 'hysteria' - Times Live (2010-07-27)
Information bill is unconstitutional - PSAM - Times Live (2010-07-28)
PSAM challenges Daniels on Info Bill - Mail & Guardian (2010-07-28)
Secrecy bill declared 'fully constitutional' - Business Day (2010-07-28)
Will Parliament do justice to Info Bill? - Mail & Guardian (2010-07-29)
Misa call: withdraw info bill - The Citizen (2010-07-30)
DA to lobby ANC MPs against Bill - News24 (2010-08-05)
Zuma wants to talk to media - News24 (2010-08-05)
Zille speaks against intimidation of journos - IOL (2010-08-05)
Zille declares war on information bill - Business Day (2010-08-05)
DA to prevail on Zuma to withdraw information bill - Business Day (2010-08-06)
Concern over media freedom - News24 (2010-08-06)
'No plan to muzzle the media' - Business Day (2010-08-06)
Law Society concerned at threat to media freedom - Mail & Guardian (2010-08-07)
Editors and police chief prepare for meeting - Mail & Guardian (2010-08-09)
Kasrils sounds warning over information Bill - Mail & Guardian (2010-08-10)
Secrecy law threatens SA's democratic credentials - Business Day (2010-08-10)
Editors join to fight ANC's anti-media bill - The Herald (2010-08-10)
Cwele to brief MPs on Information Bill - News24 (2010-08-10)
MPs want independent advice on new bill - Business Report (2010-08-10)
State security minister to brief MPs on info bill - Times Live (2010-08-10)
Thank us fro press freedom: ANC - Times Live (2010-08-10)
Proposed law 'harks back to apartheid' - Business Report (2010-08-11)
Cwele faces 3rd degree on info bill - IOL (2010-08-11)
Info Bill a 'serious threat': Afrikanerbond - The Citizen (2010-08-11)
Cartoonists reject state press control - Politicsweb (2010-08-12)
Info bill meeting put on hold - Times Live (2010-08-12)
Protection of Information Bill meeting postponed - Times Live (2010-08-12)
Information bill meeting delayed - News24 (2010-08-12)
Read all about the info bill... while you still can - Times Live (2010-08-15)
Fighting graft, muzzling media contradictory: Azapo - The Citizen (2010-08-16)
Media group urges Zuma to reconsider proposal - IOL (2010-08-16)
Academic bets salary on info bill - News24 (2010-08-17)
Statutory control of media unwise - BLSA - Engineering News (2010-08-17)
Contol of media 'unwise' - News24 (2010-08-17)
Vavi questions proposed media bill - IOL (2010-08-17)
Cosatu questions proposed info bill - IOL (2010-08-17)
Media control 'not for sophisticated economies' - The Citizen (2010-08-18)
Free press is key for democracy - IOL (2010-08-18)
Information Bill dangerous - Bar Council - Business Day (2010-08-19)
ACDP welcomes SAHRC stance on info bill - Business Report (2010-08-19)
Govt: there's no intention to limit media freedom - Mail & Guardian (2010-08-19)
Foreign reports on media bill worrying - Maseko - Business Day (2010-08-20)
Kasrils: Info bill must be withdrawn - IOL (2010-08-20)
Writers protest against proposed media controls - Mail & Guardian (2010-08-20)
Info bill 'will erode confidence in govt' - Business Report (2010-08-20)
Info bill unconstitutional: Bar Council - Business Report (2010-08-20)
Bar: Info bill unconstitutional - News24 (2010-08-20)
Lawyers hammer info bill - iafrica.com (2010-08-20)
GCB raises concerns over info Bill - Mail & Guardian (2010-08-20)
Muzzle bill 'threat to education' - Times Live (2010-08-22)
SA's top writers against info bill and media tribunal - Eyewitness News (2010-08-22)
How my Bill was betrayed (letter by Ronnie Kasrils) - Daily Dispatch Online (2010-08-23)
Go ahead: pass the Protection of Information Bill - Bizcommunity (2010-08-23)
ANC and media agree on media tribunal debate - SABCNews (2010-08-24)
Media makes mistakes but do not silence it: NPC - The Citizen (2010-08-25)
Media has it wrong about secrecy law's victims - Business Day (2010-08-25)
Media picket parliament - Business Report (2010-08-25)
Total onslaugt on the pillars of democracy (Comment) - Mail & Guardian (2010-08-25)
Journalists picket Parliament in silent protest - Cape Times (2010-08-26)
Information bill not cut and dried - ministry - Business Day (2010-08-26)
Language of power at root of media onslaught - Business Day (2010-08-26)
Concourt likely to reject info bill - De Klerk - Business Report (2010-08-26)
SA Parliament likely to change media bill - Polity.org.za (2010-08-26)
State attack on bill critics 'intimidatory' - Business Report (2010-08-26)
Friedman's panacea is no remedy - Business Day (2010-08-27)
Leading citizens against Bill - The Citizen (2010-08-30)
Civil society takes up fight against info Bill - Mail & Guardian (2010-08-31)
Secrecy bill sickening - Brink - News24 (2010-08-31)
Bishops reject info bill - News24 (2010-08-31)
Advertising body criticises media tribunal, info bill - The Citizen (2010-08-31)
Evil intent behind planned media laws - Andre Brink - Politicsweb (2010-08-31)
We help launch anti-Secrecy Bill campaign - Mail & Guardian (2010-08-31)
Information Bill 'detrimental' to education - The Citizen (2010-09-01)
Controlesa supports new bills - Daily Dispatch Online (2010-09-01)
It's your right to know, public reminded - IOL (2010-09-01)
Info bill: govt willing to listen - News24 (2010-09-02)
Govt considering submissions on Info Bill - Business Report (2010-09-02)
Info Bill views 'welcomed' - Daily Dispatch Online (2010-09-03)
Changes to 'secrecy bill' not ruled out - Business Day (2010-09-03)
Justice Goldstone criticises Protection of Information Bill - SABCNews (2010-09-05)
Govt to rethink Info Bill? - defenceWeb (2010-09-06)
Backers of media bill had 'hands in till' - Business Day (2010-09-08)
News agencies sound warning over media tribunal - Mail & Guardian (2010-09-08)
Jhb Bar worried about media tribunal - News24 (2010-09-09)
Govt "committed" to media freedom - Zuma - Polity.org.za (2010-09-10)
Cloud of secrecy hides the rot - Mail & Guardian (2010-09-13)
Brink writes on media proposals - Polity.org.za (2010-09-14)
Info bill will 'impede research' - News24 (2010-09-14)
Information Bill 'will undo SA's good work' - Mail & Guardian (2010-09-15)
Secrecy Bill open to future abuse - Mail & Guardian (2010-09-15)
Media assault is only in ANC's interest - Business Day (2010-09-16)
Hysterical - or not hysterical enough? - Business Day (2010-09-17)
State sticks to contested Info Bill - Polity.org.za (2010-09-17)
Information Bill to be overhauled - Cwele - BuaNews Online (2010-09-17)
'ANC, NP, VF and Nazi all the same' - IOL (2010-09-18)
Cwele: Info bill could hit SA's image - IOL (2010-09-19)
Cwele firm on most parts of disputed 'secrecy bill' - Business Day (2010-09-20)
Pro-media signatures collected - The Citizen (2010-09-20)
Sanef to meet on Media Bill - The Voice of the Cape (2010-09-20)
Liberation leaders now act like their oppressors - Business Day (2010-09-21)
Info Bill not isolating media - Dlomo - Polity.org.za (2010-09-21)
Bill not isolating media - ministry - News24 (2010-09-21)
SA media wary as ruling party debates new controls - Business Report (2010-09-21)
Strong media 'protects the poor' - News24 (2010-09-22)
Thousands against media tribunal - Times Live (2010-09-28)
Petition against info, media gag laws 'spreading like wildfire' - The Herald (2010-09-29)
A baby step when a quantum leap is needed - Business Day (2010-09-29)
Proposed bill 'just as bad for the public' - The Sowetan (2010-09-29)
Sanco defends Information Bill - Times Live (2010-09-30)
HR and IT departments find some common ground - IT-Online (2010-10-04)
ANC 'wants control of print media' - IOL (2010-10-05)
DA to petition against Protection of Information Bill - SABC News (2010-10-10)
Info bill presentation 'classified' - News24 (2010-10-11)
DA: Agency blocks access to info Bill presentation - Mail & Guardian (2010-10-11)
SSA blocks access to Info Bill presentation - City Press (2010-10-11)
Media appeals tribunal under spotlight in open debate - SABC News (2010-10-12)
'We need to know what our government is up to' - Mail & Guardian (2010-10-12)
DA delivers information bill petition to Tuynhuys - Business Report (2010-10-12)
DA delivers information bill petition - News24 (2010-10-12)
Info bill to 'cripple whistleblowers' - News24 (2010-10-13)
'Independent media vital' - The Citizen (2010-10-13)
Opposition marches on Parliament over secrecy bill - Business Day (2010-10-13)
Du Preez hits out at ANC 'bully tactics' - Daily Dispatch (2010-10-16)
Info Bill will affect poor - The Citizen (2010-10-19)
'The right to know is a fundamental right' - Mail & Guardian (2010-10-19)
Pickets against Info Bill - IOL (2010-10-19)
Secrets Bill and govt deafness - Mail & Guardian (2010-10-22)
Info Bill: Govt 'not seeking to cover up corruption' - Mail & Guardian (2010-10-22)
Cwele draws fire for info Bill presentation - Mail & Guardain (2010-10-22)
Minister sticks to his guns on information bill - Business Report (2010-10-22)
'No fool will pass unconstitutional bill' - Daily News (2010-10-22)
Nobel literature pair oppose SA muzzle bill - Times Live (2010-10-24)
Stand firm on information bill, Cwele pleads - Times Live (2010-10-24)
MPs say they would not publish and unconstitutional bill - Eyewitness News (2010-10-24)
Cwele's secrecy bill remarks 'hot air' - Business Day (2010-10-25)
Cwele cites binding treaties - Daily Dispatch Online (2010-10-25)
Minister still 'stubborn' on Secrecy Bill changes, protests set to intensify - Bizcommunity.com (2010-10-25)
Jordan seeks honest debate on media bill - IOL (2010-10-26)
Info bill marches planned - IOL (2010-10-27)
Right2Know campaign gaining ground - Mail & Guardian (2010-10-27)
'We don't want SA to become a society of secrets' - Mail & Guardian (2010-10-27)
Info bill the stupidest thing - Brink - News24 (2010-10-27)
'There will be changes' to bill on information - Business Day (2010-10-28)
Strict guidelines to classifying info - BuaNews (2010-10-28)
Information Bill heading for delay - Polity.org.za (2010-10-29)
Info bill heading for delay - News24 (2010-10-29)
Info bill hits snag in Parliament - Times Live (2010-10-29)
Jury out on legality of propsed bill - Times Live (2010-10-31)
Protection bill can be altered - The New Age (2010-11-03)
Vavi opposes info bill - Polity.org.za (2010-11-04)
No public interest defence - ANC - News24 (2010-11-04)
No agreement on scope of info bill - News24 (2010-11-05)
ANC protects whistleblowers, not media - News24 (2010-11-09)
Info bill to protect whistleblowers, not the media - Mail & Guardian (2010-11-10)
Parliament in a rush to pass Information Bill - Business Day (2010-11-10)
Right2know concerned at 'mixed messages' on secrecy bill - The Citizen (2010-11-10)
Cwele to meet Sanef over info bill - News24 (2010-11-11)
Security minister to meet editors on information bill - Times Live (2010-11-11)
MPs denying rushing info bill through Parliament - Eyewitness News (2010-11-12)
Sanef welcomes 'constructive' talks wit govt on info Bill - Mail & Guardian (2010-11-12)
MPs grapple with harmonising information laws - Mail & Guardian (2010-11-12)
MPs battle to harmonise information laws - News24 (2010-11-12)
Drafting of info bill set to continue into 2011 - Eyewitness News (2010-11-12)
'No need' for further hearings on info bill - Eyewitness News (2010-11-13)
Cwele to consult media on "secrecy" bill regulations - defenceWeb (2010-11-15)
More compromises on info Bill - The New Age (2010-11-15)
Committee rewriting info bill hopes for extension - Eyewitness News (2010-11-16)
Information bill may be narrowed - News24 (2010-11-16)
Mooted change in ''secrecy bill'' hailed - Business Day (2010-11-17)
Public Protector reviewing Info Bill - The Citizen (2010-11-18)
Public Protector reviewing "secrecy'' Bill - defenceWeb (2010-11-18)
MPs clash on appeals to release state information - Times Live (2010-11-23)
Info bill appeals process - MPs at odds - News24 (2010-11-23)
MPs clash on Info Bill appeals - IOL (2010-11-24)
DA agrees new information bill is needed - Business Day (2010-11-24)
Info bill stands over until next year - News24 (2010-11-25)
Right2Know takes info bill to Parly - News24 (2010-11-25)
Right2Know submits secrecy bill concerns to Parly - Times Live (2010-11-25)
Info bill stands over until next year - News24 (2010-11-26)
State secrecy is the real threat to our security - Business Day (2010-12-02)
Courts hold strong in a bad year for media freedom - Times Live (2010-12-04)
Possible changes submitted for Info Bill - IOL (2011-01-18)
New information bill changes - Polity.org.za (2011-01-18)
ANC denies 'rush job' for secrecy bill - Business Day (2011-01-19)
MPs clash over info bill - Times Live (2011-01-20)
Fight over scope of info bill continues - Polity.org.za (2011-01-20)
Secret bill has 'not been defanged' - Mail & Guardian (2011-01-21)
The truth shall keep press free - Times Live (2011-01-22)
DA asks committee to limit applications of "secrecy bill" - Business Day (2011-01-25)
DA demands narrower scope for info bill - News24 (2011-01-25)
Big questions till loom on info bill - Times Live (2011-01-26)
Info bill deadline likely to be extended - News24 (2011-01-28)
Information bill deadline likely to be extended again - The Citizen (2011-01-27)
New 'secrecy' law threat to zoo, museums - Business Day (2011-01-28)
Info bill deadline extended to March - Times Live (2011-01-28)
Editors urge public to back free press - Times Live (2011-02-09)
MPs walk out of info bill discussion - Eyewitness News (2011-02-15)
Parties boycott info bill meeting over 'procedural travesty' - Times Live (2011-02-15)
Opposition walks out of info bill briefing - Mail & Guardian (2011-02-15)
SA opposition walk out over Information Bill - SABC News (2011-02-15)
Info bill briefing - opposition walks out - News24 (2011-02-15)
Parliament condemns Right2Know demo - The New Age (2011-02-16)
You don't licence a free press: Sanef - Times Live (2011-02-16)
Sanef against registering journalists - News24 (2011-02-16)
Parly condemns Right2Know demonstration - Mail & Guardian (2011-02-16)
Activists: Withdraw info bill - News24 (2011-02-24)
Secrecy bill committee goes back to work - Independent on Saturday (2011-03-06)
Parliament to rule on info bill committee - Times Live (2011-03-07)
Parliament to rule on Information Bill Committee - The Citizen (2011-03-07)
Info Bill deadline extended - The Independent on Saturday (2011-03-17)
Info Bill body re-established - IOL (2011-03-18)
MPs have until June 24 to finalise secrecy bill - Times Live (2011-03-22)
Buthelezi refused to shred report - IFP - News24 (2011-03-29)
Access to Parliament is a right, not a privilege - Business Day (2011-04-05)
Opposition pushes for narrowing of info bill - News24 (2011-04-11)
ANC fails to read own position on secrecy bill: Right2Know - Mail & Guardian (2011-04-15)
No agreement seen for info bill - News24 (2011-04-15)
Information bill deliberations delayed - The Citizen (2011-04-15)
ANC clears decks for secrecy law - Business Day (2011-04-18)
ANC to ram through "secrecy" law? - defenceWeb (2011-04-18)
ANC again calls for info bill delay - News24 (2011-04-19)
More info bill delays - MyBroadband.co.za (2011-04-19)
Info bill delayed again - Times Live (2011-04-19)
Is new info bill not overkill? - Times Live (2011-05-08)
Can ANC save the secrecy bill? - Mail & Guardian (2011-05-20)
MPs cry foul as ANC starts voting on info bill - News24 (2011-05-24)
Information bill debate resumes - News24 (2011-05-24)
Secrecy Bill's final meetings resume: 'secretive' SA in the making? - Bizcommunity.com (2011-05-24)
State policy may make officials criminals - Business Live (2011-05-25)
'Secrecy' bill needs a second opinion - Business Day (2011-05-26)
ANC stands firm on Information Bill - IOL (2011-05-26)
ANC sticks to guns on info bill - News24 (2011-05-26)
Battle lines drawn at info bill debate session - SABC News (2011-05-26)
Shout about the 'Secrecy Bill' - Mail & Guardian (2011-05-27)
MP calls for fair reporting on the "Secrecy Bill" - defenceWeb (2011-05-27)
Call for fair reporting on Information Bill - MyBroadband.co.za (2011-05-27)
Let's delay info bill's passage, Ambrosini urges parties - Times Live (2011-05-27)
'Time to protest against info bill is now' - City Press (2011-05-27)
IFP calls for information bill protest - News24 (2011-05-27)
ANC refuses to budge on anti-media law - Times Live (2011-05-29)
Right2Know aims to fight information bill's passage - Business Day (2011-05-30)
POI Bill being rammed through system - Polity.org.za (2011-05-31)
Union may challenge Information Bill - The Mercury (2011-05-31)
Cosatu vows to challenge a railroaded Info Bill in court - Mail & Guardian (2011-05-31)
Cosatu threatens on info bill - News24 (2011-05-31)
A third of people supports media appeals tribunal - The Citizen (2011-05-31)
Proposed Info Bill 'goes against will of the people' - Mail & Guardian (2011-06-01)
Rushing info bill is worrying - News24 (2011-06-01)
Cosatu warns ANC to change information bill - Business Day (2011-06-01)
Cosatu speaks out on info bill - IOL (2011-06-01)
'Fewer than a third' support info bill - Cape Argus (2011-06-01)
Rushing info bill is worrying - Kasrils - News24 (2011-06-01)
Info bill maker warns against rush - IOL (2011-06-02)
Info Bill 'a step backwards' for govt transparency - Mail & Guardian (2011-06-02)
Kasrils backs info bill opponents - The Post (2011-06-02)
Kasrils: Info Bill rush is cause for alarm - The Citizen (2011-06-02)
Info Bill will lead to 'super ministry' - News24 (2011-06-02)
Information Bill is 'anti-democratic' - News24 (2011-06-02)
ANC, Cosatu to engage on Protection of Information Bill - SABCNews (2011-06-02)
Kasrils anti "secrecy law" - The New Age (2011-06-02)
Cwele scoffs at Info Bill, steamrolling criticism - The New Age (2011-06-03)
Info Bill's trail leads to state security - Mail & Guardian (2011-06-03)
Unions, ex-minister speaks on info bill - defenceWeb (2011-06-03)
ANC calls for delay on info bill - The New Age (2011-06-03)
ANC asks for info bill extension - Business Day (2011-06-03)
Secrecy bill committee may be given more time - Times Live (2011-06-03)
Secrecy bill committee 'not guaranteed extra time' - Business Live (2011-06-03)
Protection of Information Bill, a threat to whistleblowers - defenceWeb (2011-06-03)
Whose hand is steering secrecy legislation? - Business Day (2011-06-03)
Info Bill will make corruption easier: Samwu - IOL (2011-06-03)
Deadline extended for secrecy bill - Times Live (2011-06-05)
Ackerman: Info Bill bad for SA, bad for business - Mail & Guardian (2011-06-07)
Ackerman: Secrecy Bill will hit business - defenceWeb (2011-06-08)
Mandela Foundation wants Info Bill debate - Times Live (2011-06-09)
Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts talks on Info Bill - Newstime (2011-06-09)
Mandela entity hosts Info Bill talks - Independent on Saturday (2011-06-09)
SA at boiling point as Secrecy Bill fever mounts - Bizcommunity.com (2011-06-09)
Levels of secrecy - Financial Mail (2011-06-09)
ANC blinks on secrecy bill - Times Live (2011-06-12)
Info bill would've had Zuma in trouble - DA - News24 (2011-06-14)
Website to battle secrecy bill - Times Live (2011-06-14)
Asmal urges citizens to reject info bill - News24 (2011-06-15)
Reject info bill, says Asmal - IOL (2011-06-16)
Zuma "notes" secrecy bill concerns - defenceWeb (2011-06-17)
Earlier info bill version could protect media: Profs - The New Age (2011-06-17)
Mandela Foundation urges secrecy bill changes - Times Live (2011-06-19)
Unseemly haste on flawed secrecy bill - Times Live (2011-06-19)
Second focus group to sit on 'secrecy bill' this week - Business Day (2011-06-20)
Info bill deadline could be extended again - News24 (2011-06-22)
ANC wants to extend life of Info Bill committee - Business Day (2011-06-22)
Move to extend info bill deadline - Mail & Guardian (2011-06-22)
Info Bill extension welcomed, concerns remain - Mail & Guardian (2011-06-23)
Deadline for Information Bill extended - IOL (2011-06-23)
SA press freedom rating drops - Daily News (2011-06-24)
Secrecy bill finalisation deadline moved to September - Bizcommunity.com (2011-06-24)
ANC backs down on Info Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-06-24)
'Significant' ANC concessions address some info bill concerns - Times Live (2011-06-24)
Struggle over info bill "not over" - News24 (2011-06-24)
ANC takes U-turn on Info Bill - IOL (2011-06-25)
Right2Know applauds ANC's info bill move - News24 (2011-06-25)
Info bill concerns remain unadressed: IFP - The New Age (2011-06-25)
Amendments to Info Bill welcomed - IOL (2011-06-26)
'Concessions in Info Bill insufficient' - SABC News (2011-06-30)
NGO warns against info bill - News24 (2011-06-30)
Legal opinion on constitutionality of Info Bill handed to Parliament - News Time (2011-06-30)
Info Bill 'would still fail legal tests' - The Witness (2011-07-01)
'Info Bill concessions not enough' - Pretoria News (2011-07-01)
Cosatu gets credit for info bill U-turn - News24 (2011-07-07)
Freedom of information - Business Day (2011-07-11)
Info bill concessions 'misleading' - News 24 (2011-07-15)
Information Bill changes welcome but more needed - The Citizen (2011-07-17)
Info Bill back before Parliament - Mail & Guardian (2011-07-24)
Right2Know protests against Info Bill - SABC News (2011-07-25)
Opposition parties welcome amendments to secrecy bill - Business Day (2011-07-26)
Review panel for Info Bill - Times Live (2011-07-26)
Secrecy Bill amended - The New Age (2011-07-26)
ANC widens definition of national security - News24 (2011-07-27)
Cape Times editorial on the secrecy bill - Cape Times (2011-07-27)
'Secrecy bill' proceeds at snail's pace - Business Day (2011-07-27)
ANC does about-turn on secrecy bill - Times Live (2011-07-28)
ANC offers some protection for whistle-blowers - IOL (2011-07-28)
Minimum sentences in 'secrecy bill' removed, wide scope on economic information stays - Business Day (2011-07-29)
Secrecy bill under scrutiny - Times Live (2011-07-29)
ANC grudgingly allows further debate on info Bill - Mail & Guardian (2011-07-29)
MPs deadlock again on info bill - Times Live (2011-08-03)
Info bill clause flauts constitution - lawyer - The Citizen (2011-08-10)
Bid to scrap declassified info database - Times Live (2011-08-11)
Info Bill: What to do with SA's secret files? - Mail & Guardian (2011-08-11)
State law adviser says Info Bill is democracy in action - Mail & Guardian (2011-08-12)
Definition of security not needed - ANC - News24 (2011-08-15)
Scrap Secrecy Bill, defiant marchers tell SA govt - Bizcommunity.com (2011-08-15)
ANC rethink on 'security' in secrecy bill - Business Day (2011-08-16)
Tea lady for info bill high jump - Times Live (2011-08-19)
We're lost in the maze of the secrecy bill - Times Live (2011-08-21)
ANC narrows definition of Info Bill - IOL (2011-08-22)
ANC narrows definition, scope of Info Bill - News24 (2011-08-22)
ANC pushes for secrecy - Times Live (2011-08-23)
Pressure mounts on MPs to finalise 'secrecy bill' - Business Day (2011-08-23)
Relief for media on Info Bill - The New Age (2011-08-23)
ANC eases up on info bill prison sentences - Times Live (2011-08-24)
Info bill relief for media - News24 (2011-08-24)
DA: Info bill a threat to media sources - News24 (2011-08-24)
Info bill a threat to media sources: DA - Times Live (2011-08-24)
Give 'secrecy' Bill a chance - Mail & Guardain (2011-08-26)
Info bill whistleblowers clash looms - Times Live (2011-08-26)
Renewed rush to get Info Bill adopted - Business Report (2011-08-26)
Clash looms on safeguards for media, whistleblowers in Info Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-08-26)
MPs fail to salvage Info Bill: Right2Know - News24 (2011-08-29)
Secrecy Bill: some concessions but struggle continues - Bizcommunity.com (2011-08-30)
Opposition fights clause that would give spies carte blanche - The New Age (2011-08-30)
No excuse for publishing classified info will be tolerated: ANC - Times Live (2011-08-31)
No public interest defence? 'Info Bill is undemocratic' - Mail & Guardian (2011-08-31)
ANC rejects public interest defence - News24 (2011-08-31)
Activists say Info Bill appeal process flawed - The Citizen (2011-08-31)
ANC 'won't allow' public interest defence - Times Live (2011-09-01)
Bid for public interest clause in info bill finally fails - Business Day (2011-09-01)
Opposition parties to petition president over Info Bill - SABC News (2011-09-01)
Right2Know calls to scrap secrecy bill - Mail & Guardian (2011-09-01)
Mass rally as MPs vote on secrecy bill - Times Live (2011-09-02)
Committee starts voting on info bill - Business Report (2011-09-02)
Info bill vote starts in Parliament - News24 (2011-09-02)
Info bill final version adopted - News24 (2011-09-02)
Info bill could be destined for ConCourt - IOL (2011-09-02)
The fight is far from over - The Star (2011-09-02)
ANC steamrolls info Bill through to next round - Mail & Guardian (2011-09-02)
ANC muscles through secrecy bill - Business Day (2011-09-02)
ANC votes secrecy bill in without "public interest" defence - Business Live (2011-09-02)
Info Bill: ANC gets its way - IOL (2011-09-03)
ANC muscles info bill through - The Witness (2011-09-03)
Stand with us in your right to know - City Press (2011-09-04)
Bill set for ConCourt - The New Age (2011-09-05)
Info bill step closer to becoming law - News24 (2011-09-05)
FF Plus to refer Info Bill to ConCourt - The Citizen (2011-09-05)
Info Bill cost failed to be considered - Sunday Tribune (2011-09-05)
Final proof - Cape Times (2011-09-05)
MPs adopt 'secrecy bill' as court challenge looms - Business Day (2011-09-06)
Secrecy bill is taking SA back to dim days of PW - Business Report (2011-09-09)
Kentridge warns on info bill - Times Live (2011-09-13)
Biko lawyer savages secrecy bill - IOL (2011-09-13)
Calls for tertiary institutions to join Info Bill debate - SABC News (2011-09-14)
Info bill unsafe for democracy - News24 (2011-09-16)
Journalists' declaration opposes secrecy bill - Times Live (2011-09-16)
'Keep the bill in your pants' - IOL (2011-09-17)
'Secrecy Bill' a step backwards - News24 (2011-09-17)
Secrecy bill a step backwards - campaigners - City Press (2011-09-17)
'Secrecy' bill unsafe for democracy, says Sanef - Mail & Guardian (2011-09-17)
Infomation Bill still unsafe, says Sanef - Sunday Tribune (2011-09-17)
'Info Bill unsafe for democracy' - Business Report (2011-09-18)
Info Bill battle hots up - The Citizen (2011-09-18)
Clause in info bill 'an invitation to abuse' - Times Live (2011-09-19)
Enough laws on whistle-blowing - Baloyi - Business Day (2011-09-19)
ANC split over Info Bill - Pretoria News (2011-09-19)
Secrecy bill should see lively debate, predictable fate - Business Day (2011-09-19)
Drama over Secrecy Bill - Daily News (2011-09-19)
Info Bill may be delayed - Mantashe - IOL (2011-09-19)
Info bill 'may be delayed' - City Press (2011-09-19)
Secrecy bill debate to be stalled, sources say - The Star (2011-09-19)
Info Bill shelved - for now - Daily News (2011-09-19)
Info Bill delayed - Polity.org.za (2011-09-19)
Withdrawal of Information Bill welcomed - Business Day (2011-09-19)
Info Bill needs 'further consideration': ANC - IOL (2011-09-19)
Information Bill delayed - Business Day (2011-09-19)
Info bill not scrapped, finalised by year-end - News24 (2011-09-19)
'Secrecy' Bill withdrawn... for now - Mail & Guardian (2011-09-19)
'Secrecy Bill' shelved as ANC seeks more talks - Business Day (2011-09-20)
Info bill down but not out - Business Live (2011-09-20)
Secrecy Bill shelved as opposition grows - Times Live (2011-09-20)
Sense prevails as the ANC withdraws Information Bill - Times Live (2011-09-20)
Parties hail Info Bill retreat - IOL (2011-09-20)
Activists seek rewright of Info Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-09-20)
UJ urges legislature to reject current Info Bill - The New Age (2011-09-20)
Activists seek rewrite of info bill - News24 (2011-09-20)
Activists call for rewrite of gag bill - IOL (2011-09-20)
Too early to cheer over Secrecy Bill - The Citizen (2011-09-21)
Some secrets interest the public - Cape Argus (2011-09-21)
Bill is a public enemy - Daily News (2011-09-21)
Campaigners want clean slate secrecy Bill - defenceWeb (2011-09-21)
Zuma's tweets from New York contradict info bill - Times Live (2011-09-22)
Expert warns of secrecy bill's influence on healtcare - City Press (2011-09-22)
NEC members deny prompting halt of Secrecy Bill - Mail & Guardian (2011-09-23)
ANC revolt blocked Secrecy Bill - Times Live (2011-09-25)
ANC Chief Whip opens Info Bill debate to public - Times Live (2011-09-27)
Opposition cries foul over info bill move - News24 (2011-09-27)
ANC calls for submissions on Info Bill - News24 (2011-09-27)
ANC sets up info bill committee - Daily News (2011-09-27)
ANC calls for public engagement on Info Bill - IOL (2011-09-27)
ANC restarts "secrecy Bill" push - defenceWeb (2011-09-27)
ANC's new secrecy bill strategy gets a hammering - Times Live (2011-09-28)
Opposition up in arms at secrecy bill 'hijack' - Business Day (2011-09-28)
'Caravan consultation' slammed by opposition - Pretoria News (2011-09-28)
Media 'not objective' on Info Bill - The Citizen (2011-09-28)
ANC 'can do whatever it likes with Info Bill input - Mail & Guardian (2011-09-29)
Parliament mum on Info Bill process - Polity.org.za (2011-09-29)
Speaker mum on secrecy bill - defenceWeb (2011-09-30)
ANC defends interaction on Info Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-10-04)
SAHRC preparing submission on info bill - News24 (2011-10-11)
Council prepares Info Bill submission - IOL (2011-10-11)
Swiss Chamber concerned about secrecy Bill - Times Live (2011-10-11)
SwissCham wary of secrecy bill - defenceWeb (2011-10-11)
ANC 'info bill' move worries Swiss body - Business Day (2011-10-12)
'Info Bill will hide corruption' - Sunday Tribune (2011-10-12)
Info Bill will hide evidence of corruption - The Citizen (2011-10-12)
Swiss add their voice to info bill - IOL (2011-10-12)
HRC prepares submission on Info Bill - Business Live (2011-10-12)
Info bill's aim must be to save SA from corruption - Business Day (2011-10-17)
Info Bill: public input soon - Pretoria News (2011-10-23)
Bill not raised in Sanef, Cabinet meeting - IOL (2011-10-29)
Upbeat talks on info bill - Times Live (2011-10-30)
Right to Know gathers for Durban March - City Press (2011-11-05)
R2K marchers demand free press - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-05)
Secrecy bill danger to democracy: marcher - Times Live (2011-11-05)
ANC may consider amendments to bill - IOL (2011-11-08)
ANC will consider Info Bill amendment - Motlanthe - Polity.org.za (2011-11-09)
Sanef welcomes possible Secrecy Bill amendments - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-09)
Possible Info Bill defence welcomed - The New Age (2011-11-09)
Sanef welcomes possible info bill clause - Times Live (2011-11-09)
Information Bill due to be tabled - IOL (2011-11-10)
Secrecy Bill bounces back - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-11)
ANC sets Secrecy Bill deadline - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-11)
ANC considers a public interest defence - City Press (2011-11-13)
'Disastrous hearings prove secrecy bill will fail' - Business Day (2011-11-14)
MP clears up confusion over info bill - News24 (2011-11-14)
Debate on Info Bill delayed - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-14)
ANC secretly brings back Secrecy Bill - themediaonline (2011-11-14)
ANC sets secrecy Bill deadline - defenceWeb (2011-11-14)
Information Bill vote delayed again - IOL (2011-11-14)
Fight against 'secrecy bill' goes on - Business Day (2011-11-15)
Info Bill vote delayed again - Polity.org.za (2011-11-15)
Civil society to renew battle over info bill - Daily News (2011-11-15)
Picket plans as info bill battle resumes - Cape Argus (2011-11-15)
DA, IFP in 'filibustering fluff' spat over secrecy bill - Times Live (2011-11-16)
Cwele unmoved on Information Bill - IOL (2011-11-16)
Secrecy Bill 'not targeting the media', says Cwele - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-16)
ConCourt battle on cards over info bill - News24 (2011-11-16)
Info bill: no hope of 'public interest' - The Witness (2011-11-17)
Cwele brands bill opponents foreign proxies - Business Day (2011-11-17)
'Covert fight against info bill' - Times Live (2011-11-17)
Cwele rules out public interest defense - Polity.org.za (2011-11-17)
Kasrils back Sanef agains spy 'paranoia' - News24 (2011-11-17)
Info Bill war hots up - Times Live (2011-11-18)
Secrecy Bill one step nearer - Times Live (2011-11-18)
Secrecy Bill result of ANC paranoia: Editorial - Business Day (2011-11-18)
Kasrils slams Cwele's 'spies' jibe - Pretoria News (2011-11-18)
IFP's Info Bill changes voted down - Polity.org.za (2011-11-18)
ANC takes swipe at Kasrils over Info Bill - IOL (2011-11-18)
Secrecy Bill returns unchanged - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-18)
NPC declares 'Black Wednesday' in protest of Info Bill - SABC News (2011-11-20)
ANC in rush to sell contested secrecy bill - Times Live (2011-11-20)
ANC 'taking SA beyond apartheid' - Times Live (2011-11-21)
SA poised to pass heated state secrets law - Polity.org.za (2011-11-21)
ANC rushes info bill to National Assembly - Pretoria News (2011-11-21)
'Wear black to protest Secrecy Bill' - The New Age (2011-11-21)
Black Tuesday looms - IOL (2011-11-21)
Alarm over Secrecy Bill - The Star (2011-11-21)
Info Bill creates air of distress says Ackermann - Business Live (2011-11-21)
Tutu slams 'insulting' Information Bill - IOL - (2011-11-21)
ANC MPs ordered to National Assembly - News24 (2011-11-21)
Media to march against secrecy Bill vote - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-21)
Complaint over info bill story dismissed - News24 (2011-11-21)
Editorial: Day of reckoning for democracy - Business Day (2011-11-22)
Black day for press freedom - IOL (2011-11-22)
Pssst... let me tell you a secret - IOL (2011-11-22)
No to secrecy! - The Sowetan (2011-11-22)
Black Tuesday: Test of SA's democratic principles - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-22)
Editor's plea on secrecy bill - Times Live (2011-11-22)
Outrage mounts over Info Bill - SABC News (2011-11-22)
Secrecy bill - Business Day (2011-11-22)
Why secrecy bill needs a public interest defence - Business Day (2011-11-22)
Let's talk about Black Tuesday - IOL (2011-11-22)
Business calls for secrecy bill to be thrown out - Business Report (2011-11-22)
Media urge MPs to reject Info Bill - The Citizen (2011-11-22)
Protests against Info Bill under way - SABC News (2011-11-22)
Voting on Info Bill underway in Parliament - SABC News (2011-11-22)
'This country is screwed up' - IOL (2011-11-22)
Concerned Soweto residents oppose info bill - Sowetan (2011-11-22)
Editors in last ditch appeal to MPs - City Press (2011-11-22)
Media urge MPs to reject Information Bill - The New Age (2011-11-22)
Bill threatens fundamental right to know what govt does behind closed doors - The Herald Online (2011-11-22)
Soweto residents oppose Info Bill - City Press (2011-11-22)
SA editors call on MPs to reject secrecy law - Sunday Tribune (2011-11-22)
Unions converge against secrecy law - Bizcommunity.com (2011-11-22)
The wall behind which much evil is hidden - IOL (2011-11-22)
An assault on freedom - The Witness (2011-11-22)
Our Opinion: Black day for freedom - Dispatch Online (2011-11-22)
Blackout! A shameful day for the ANC, for our democracy - themediaonline (2011-11-22)
Black day for media freedom - Daily News (2011-11-22)
Opponents of secrecy bill won't give up - The New Age (2011-11-22)
National Assembly approves Info Bill - Engineering News (2011-11-22)
National Assembly passes Information Bill - BuaNews (2011-11-22)
Info bill passed - The New Age (2011-11-22)
'Secrecy bill' passed amidst fierce resistance - IOL (2011-11-22)
Black Tuesday: Secrecy Bill passed in Parliament - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-22)
'Secrecy bill' passed in Parliament - Business Day (2011-11-22)
ANC uses majority to push through information bill - News24 (2011-11-22)
Info Bill can be challenged - judge - IOL (2011-11-22)
A dark day for SA's democracy - Financial Mail (2011-11-22)
Info Bill approval condemned - Polity.org.za (2011-11-22)
Info bill vote: 62 MPs stay away - News24 (2011-11-22)
Speaker alerted to bill complaints - protector - News24 (2011-11-22)
Speaker alerted to complaints about bill - Pretoria News (2011-11-22)
Sanef "broken inside" by info bill verdict - SABC News (2011-11-22)
Culture of secrecy slammed as state information bill is passed - Business Day (2011-11-22)
It's not over, Zille warns on info bill - News24 (2011-11-22)
Mandela's office slams info bill - News24 (2011-11-22)
Citizens 'won't know what govt is doing' - The Citizen (2011-11-22)
Info bill: who voted how - News24 (2011-11-22)
The ANC's vote shame - IOL (2011-11-23)
Secrecy bill adopted amid storm of protest - Business Day (2011-11-23)
Aluta continua! Secrecy bill opponents look to Zuma - Times Live (2011-11-23)
Editorial: Shame on you - Cape Times (2011-11-23)
Sanef to engage govt over Info Bill - BuaNews (2011-11-23)
Green light for Secrecy Bill - Dispatch Online (2011-11-23)
Sanef saddened by ANC - The New Age (2011-11-23)
MPs slated for lack of discipline - Daily News (2011-11-23)
ANC raps MPs for 'ill-discipline' - The New Age (2011-11-23)
ANC warns MPs who ducked Info Bill vote - Pretoria News (2011-11-23)
34 ANC MPs absent from Info Bill vote - SABC News (2011-11-23)
ANC members face internal inquiry - IOL (2011-11-23)
ANC MP Turok raises concerns about Info Bill - SABC News (2011-11-23)
ANC MP: Why I didn't vote - IOL (2011-11-23)
Motlanthe urges more talks on info bill - News24 (2011-11-23)
ANC vows action against secrecy Bill dissidents - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-23)
ANC outraged over censored Wiki page - News24 (2011-11-23)
ANC resorts to the biggest apartheid bogey - Business Day (2011-11-24)
Non-vote: MP faces ANC wrath - IOL (2011-11-24)
Angry ANC MPs want Turok's head - Times Live (2011-11-24)
DA urges flash mob demos against info bill - Business Live (2011-11-24)
Cosatu to fight Info Bill - City Press (2011-11-24)
Cosatu, DA stand firm against secrecy bill - Business Day (2011-11-24)
National Council of Provinces sets up Info Bill team - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-25)
Cosatu threatens ConCourt action over Info Bill - The New Age (2011-11-24)
NCOP to form Info Bill committee - Sunday Tribune (2011-11-24)
NCOP to form secrecy law ad-hoc committee - Business Live (2011-11-24)
Turok facing censure over secrecy bill snub - The Star (2011-11-24)
Powerful ANC ally slams SA's secrecy bill - Polity.org.za (2011-11-24)
Sanef welcomes NCOP bill committee - News24 (2011-11-24)
Secrecy Bill: actually, Minister, you got it wrong - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-24)
Sanef pleased with ad hoc secrecy Bill committee - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-24)
DA to fight Info Bill on several fronts - The Citizen (2011-11-24)
Info Bill: Cosatu will go to ConCourt - News24 (2011-11-24)
DA, Cosatu to keep heat on 'secrecy bill' - Business Day (2011-11-25)
Next stop: Info bill passes to ncop committee - The Witness (2011-11-25)
Many MPs failed SA on Black Tuesday - Business Report (2011-11-25)
Information Bill: Opponents ponder options - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-25)
What journos can do if Info Bill is passed - IOL (2011-11-25)
DA vows to fight passing of info bill - Daily News (2011-11-25)
Press Club calls for another 'Black Tuesday' - Times Live (2011-11-25)
Veteran editor sees little hope for changes in Bill - The Citizen (2011-11-25)
'Securocrats are the ones behind bill' - IOL (2011-11-26)
'Info Bill protests undermine state' - Business Report (2011-11-27)
The men behind the Protection of State Information Bill - City Press (2011-11-27)
Room for change in secrecy bill - City Press (2011-11-27)
Information bill needed - just not this one - Times Live (2011-11-27)
Info bill will silence public - Law Society - News24 (2011-11-27)
Bill 'won't gag arms deal inquiry' - Times Live (2011-11-27)
Without the media, corruption will triumph and blindness will prevail in our society - Times Live (2011-11-27)
Teachers reject info bill - Times Live (2011-11-28)
Cwele: Info Bill brings crooked spooks to book - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-29)
Manuel lashes Info bill opponents - The Citizen (2011-11-29)
Another bladk day for Secrecy Bill - The Citizen (2011-11-29)
Sanef, Vavi to discuss Info Bill - Business Report (2011-11-30)
Sanef to meet Vavi over info bill - News24 (2011-11-30)
SANEF and Vavi to discuss Info Bill - The New Age (2011-11-30)
Vavi vows to rally workers against secrecy Bill - Mail & Guardian (2011-11-30)
Plan against Info Bill hatched - The Citizen (2011-11-30)
Secrecy bill 'may yet be revised' - Business Day (2011-12-01)
Info bill ad hoc committee named - News24 (2011-12-02)
NCOP gag bill committee named - Pretoria News (2011-12-02)
Secrecy bill committee announced - City Press (2011-12-02)
Info Bill committee announced - The New Age (2011-12-02)
The only guarantee of freedom is freedom - Mail & Guardian (2011-12-02)
NCOP info bill committee anounced - Times Live (2011-12-02)
ANC beefs up committee to work on secrecy Bill - Mail & Guardian (2011-12-02)
ANC never sought to impose info bill: Motshekga - The New Age (2011-12-02)
No ANC bullying on Info Bill: Motshekga - IOL (2011-12-02)
ANC 'not divided' on info bill - City Press (2011-12-03)
ANC: We didn't impose secrecy Bill on SA - Mail & Guardian (2011-12-03)
Info Bill concerns legal groups - IOL (2011-12-04)
Chief Whip changes tune on secrecy bill - City Press (2011-12-04)
Secrecy Bill tarnishes SA image - defenceWeb (2011-12-05)
Why SACP is supporting info bill - Sowetan (2011-12-05)
Info bill's authority over CIPC a concern - Business Report (2011-12-06)
Ruling-party MPs, editors meet to discuss 'secrecy bill' - Business Day (2011-12-06)
Info bill: ANC, media to 'keep talking' - News24 (2011-12-06)
E-campaign against info bill launched - News24 (2011-12-06)
How the 'secrecy bill' hastens SA's looming day of change - Business Day (2011-12-07)
Tau to chair NCOP info bill committee - News24 (2011-12-07)
Info bill committee elects chair - Eyewitness News (2011-12-07)
Info bill committee sets the tone - Eyewitness News (2011-12-07)
Ad hoc Committee on Info Bill to ensure public participation - SABC News (2011-12-07)
ANC slates DA's 'supremacist' secrecy Bill campaign - Mail & Guardian (2011-12-07)
'Info bill processing is elitist' - Times Live (2011-12-08)
Info Bill now in hands of rural citizens - IOL (2011-12-08)
Public protector not 'interfering' with secrecy Bill - Mail & Guardian (2011-12-08)
Protector may be interfering: ANC - News24 (2011-12-08)
I won't challenge info Bill, says public protector - Mail & Guardian (2011-12-09)
Protector denies threat to probe info bill - News24 (2011-12-09)
Madonsela denies threat to probe Info Bill - The New Age (2011-12-09)
No threat to probe secrecy bill, says Madonsela - Business Day (2011-12-09)
It's no secret what the secrecy bill is really about - The Star (2011-12-09)
International media group calls for changes to Info Bill - Business Day (2011-12-09)
ANC to meet Cosatu, Public Protector on Info Bill - The Citizen (2011-12-14)
Numsa backs Vavi's position on secrecy bill - Business Day (2011-12-15)
ANC, Cosatu agree to more talks on secrecy Bill - Mail & Guardian (2011-12-15)
Info Bill: Parliament outlines its power - Pretoria News (2011-12-15)
Parliament reaffirms authority over secrecy Bill - Mail & Guardina (2011-12-15)
Madonsela declines info bill probe - Daily News (2011-12-19)
Protector steers clear of info bill battle - Pretoria news (2011-12-19)
Protector declines info bill probe - Times Live (2011-12-19)
Madonsela stance on Info Bill suits ANC - IOL (2011-12-23)
Widespread ignorance over info bill - News24 (2012-01-04)
Info Bill optimism - The Citizen (2012-01-09)
'Secrecy bill' group to meet next week - Business Day (2012-01-11)
Secrecy bill to dominate Parliament's attention - Business Live (2012-01-11)
Secrecy Bill committee vows to hear all concerns - Mail & Guardian (2012-01-17)\
Facebook group plans global Info Bill protests - Times Live (2012-01-17)
Specter of Scorpions hangs over secrecy bill - Business Live (2012-01-17)
Roadshows ready for secrecy bill - Times Live (2012-01-18)
MPs to engage S Africans on Info Bill - BuaNews (2012-01-18)
MPs to engage public on "secrecy" Bill - defenceWeb (2012-01-18)
Mobilising opposition to Info Bill - Daily News (2012-01-18)
Info bill hearing dates set - Eyewitness News (2012-01-19)
ANC to grill MPs over Info Bill - The New Age (2012-01-20)
NCOP won't rush through secrecy Bill hearings - Mail & Guardian (2012-01-20)
Human rights body flays ANC on bill - Times Live (2012-01-23)
What's happening to South Africa now? - Moneyweb (2012-01-30)
Access to info vital for poor - judge - News24 (2012-01-30)
Info Bill not balanced: Cope - The Citizen (2012-01-30)
Info Bill not balanced, says Cope - News24 (2012-01-30)
Cope: Info Bill lacks balance - IOL (2012-01-30)
Info bill not balanced, according to Cope - The New Age (2012-01-30)
Politicians put in the spotlight during info Bill hearings - Mail & Guardian (2012-01-31)
Info Bill questioned at hearings - Polity.org.za (2012-01-31)
Secrecy bill not explained properly - Business Live (2012-01-31)
Parliament must improve public education on Info Bill - SABC News (2012-01-31)
Public voice their rejection of info bill - Times Live (2012-02-01)
Info bill scrutinised in Gugulethu - Cape Times (2012-02-01)
Info Bill hearings 'futile': Youth Council - The Citizen (2012-02-01)
Gugulethu 'education drive' on gag bill - Post (2012-02-01)
'The people' angry at info bill consultation - Times Live (2012-02-02)
ANC accused of misleading the public on secrecy Bill - Mail & Guardian (2012-02-02)
Opposition outcry over secrecy bill hearings in Eastern Cape - Dispatch Online (2012-02-02)
Committee: Info Bill hearings a success - Pretoria News (2012-02-02)
Info bill hearings 'stage managed' - Times Live (2012-02-03)
Parliament's 'bias' stirs storm over secrecy Bill hearings - Mail & Guardian (2012-02-06)
Information Bill hearings continue - IOL (2012-02-07)
Info Bill hearings continue - The New Age (2012-02-07)
Info bill hearings move to Bloemfontein - News24 (2012-02-07)
Booing and arguing at info bill sitting - News24 (2012-02-07)
POIB public hearings start in Bloemfontein - Eyewitness News (2012-02-07)
Huge turnout for secrecy bill hearing - The New Age (2012-02-07)
Service delivery issues overshadow info bill - News24 (2012-02-14)
Info bill open to abuse - press club - News24 (2012-02-14)
Public hearings on secrecy Bill veer off topic - Mail & Guardian (2012-02-14)
Information Bill's public hearings slammed - The Citizen (2012-02-15)
Supporters of 'secrecy bill' booed - Times Live (2012-02-17)
Info Bill hearings near end - The Citizen (2012-02-20)
Bizos joins opposition of Info Bill - The Citisen (2012-02-22)
More time for info bill hearings - Eyewitness News (2012-03-07)
NCOP extends Info Bill deadline - The Post (2012-03-07)
Info Bill resistance: Cosatu treads carefully - Mail & Guardian (2012-03-09)
Bizos, Madonsela reject 'secrecy bill' - Business Day (2012-03-12)
Bizos drills holes into 'secrecy bill' - Times Live (2012-03-13)
People voting 'know' on bill - IOL (2012-03-13)
Tide of opposition to Info Bill - Pretoria News (2012-03-13)
Submissions show little support for the info bill - The Star (2012-03-13)
Sanef lone media voice at info bill hearings - News24 (2012-03-14)
ANC tries to muzzle critic of 'secrecy bill' - Business Day (2012-03-15)
Media Info bill submissions purged - Daily News (2012-03-15)
Fireworks expected at Info Bill hearings in Parliament - The New Age (2012-03-15)
Final POIB hearings scheduled for March - Eyewitness News (2012-03-15)
Most media purged from info bill public hearings - Pretoria News (2012-03-15)
Opposition unites to oppose 'secrecy' bill - Business Day (2012-03-16)
Varsities 'no' to Info Bill - The Citizen (2012-03-26)
Info Bill stumbles into last stretch - Cape Times (2012-03-27)
Secrecy Bill still falls short, say media organisations - Mail & Guardian (2012-03-27)
Info Bill could've kept Cele scandal hidden, says lawyer - Mail & Guardian (2012-03-27)
ANC can't fool people on secrecy bill: DA - News24 (2012-03-27)
SAHRC opposes info bill - Eyewitness News (2012-03-27)
The long and winding road of Info Bill - IOL (2012-03-27)
Fourth estate in secrecy bill compromise - Times Live (2012-03-28)
MPs warned over info bill - The Witness (2012-03-28)
Madonsela weighs in on info bill debate - Eyewitness News (2012-03-28)
Submissions made on info bill - Eyewitness News (2012-03-28)
Cosatu to act on Info Bill - The Citizen (2012-03-28)
Chairman halts Info Bill submission - IOL (2012-03-28)
Madonsela pleads with MPs over info bill - News24 (2012-03-28)
Rethink secrecy bill, Madonsela asks MPs - City Press (2012-03-28)
Madonsela: Secrecy Bill will 'bedevil' investigations - Mail & Guardian (2012-03-28)
Info Bill 'will protect corruption' - Daily News (2012-03-28)
Secrecy bill takes SA back to security state, says Vavi - Business Day (2012-03-29)
Madonsela fights the good fight - The New Age (2012-03-29)
Cosatu ready to challenge info bill - News24 (2012-03-29)
Vavi slams secrecy Bill in Parliament - Mail & Guardian (2012-03-29)
ANC, SACP to march in support of secrecy law - Business Live (2012-03-29)
Bizos concerned about aspects of Info Bill - Daily News (2012-03-30)
DA slates ANC's Info Bill march - The Citizen (2012-03-30)
Info bill defies Constitution, MPs told - News24 (2012-03-30)
MPs defend secrecy bill expulsion - Times Live (2012-04-01)
DA to complain over Info Bill ads - News24 (2012-04-02)
ANC voices support for secrecy bill in march - Business Day (2012-04-02)
DA files complaint over state's info bill ads - IOL (2012-04-03)
DA info bill complaint 'absurd' - News24 (2012-04-04)
DA: Motshekga doesn't understand - News24 (2012-04-04)
Info Bill advert complaint absurd: ANC - Business Live (2012-04-05)
Uproar over Info Bill adverts - The Post (2012-04-10)
Amend info bill for whistleblowers - Cosatu - News24 (2012-05-01)
Secrecy Bill hearings 'a sham' - Cape Times (2012-05-02)
Final Stretch for Info Bill - Parliament (2012-05-03)
Call for more time to consider info bill - Dispatch Online (2012-05-03)
Info Bill might be delayed - Polity.org.za (2012-05-04)
Secrecy bill rush raises concern among opposition - Business Day (2012-05-07)
Slow start to info bill talks - News24 (2012-05-08)
Info Bill talks off to slow start - IOL (2012-05-08)
ANC bows to pressure on Info Bill - IOL (2012-05-10)
Info bill: Win for whistleblowers - News24 (2012-05-10)
Info bill: ANC climbs down - Times Live (2012-05-11)
Mixed response to info bill proposed amendments - The New Age (2012-05-11)
Mixed responses to proposed Info Bill amendments - Times Live (2012-05-11)
ANC, NCOP 'did not bow to pressure' on secrecy bill - Business Day (2012-05-11)
ANC propose toning down secrecy law - Moneyweb (2012-05-11)
Info bill papers over criminal state - DA - News24 (2012-05-12)

Speeches and statements:

ANC trying to curtail press freedom - Statement by Foreign Correspondents' Association Board - Politicsweb (2010-08-06)
FAJ slams SA's state secrecy bill - Statement by Federation of African Journalists - Politicsweb (2010-08-10)
Media freedom under threat in SA - Statement by Naomi Hunt, Press Freedom Advisor for Africa and the Middle East, IPI - Politicsweb (2010-08-11)
Cwele to consider representation of Protection of Information Bill - Statement by the Ministry of State Security - Politicsweb (2010-08-12)
Public hearings on the Protection of Information Bill - Statement by the Ministry of State Security - South African Government Information (2010-08-12)
Smaller parties against secrecy law - statement by Dr Corne Mulder, FF+ MP - Politicsweb (2010-08-20)
10 problems with state secrecy bill - statement by General Council of the Bar of South Africa - Politicsweb (2010-08-20)
Statement by LIASA on the Protection of Information Bill (2010-08-20)
UCT opposed to state secrecy bill - statement by Dr Max Price, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town - Politicsweb (2010-08-22)
WAN-IFRA and WEF slams ANC's media plans - letter by presidents of World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers and World Editors Forum - Politicsweb (2010-08-22)
Nadine Gordimer and Andre Brink's letter of protest - Politicsweb (2010-08-22)
Media commentary of POIB misguided - statement by Brian Dube, Ministry of State Security - Politicsweb (2010-08-25)
Statement by South African Journalism Schools - Politicsweb (2010-08-30)
ANC's media plans unwise - statement by Cardinal Wilfred Napier, Archbishop of Durban - Politicsweb (2010-08-31)
Civil society rejects state secrecy law - statement by Right2Know Campaign - Politicsweb (2010-08-31)
Zuma responds to media freedom letters - statement by the Presidency - Politicsweb (2010-09-10)
Statement on the Protection of Information Bill by South African Association of Political Studies - Politicsweb (2010-09-16)
The Information Bill needs to be made leaner, clear and meaner - Cwele - statement issued by the Ministry of State Security - Politicsweb (2010-09-17)
Statement of Wits Senate on ANC's media proposals - Politicsweb (2010-09-21)
Speech by Dr Wilmot James, DA MP, following a DA march against the Protection of Information Bill, Parliament - Politicsweb (2010-10-12)
Second submission by the Minister of State Security, Dr SC Cwele, to the Ad Hoc Committee on Protection of Information Bill - Politicsweb (2010-10-22)
Cwele digging in heels on Secrecy Bill - statement by David Manier, DA MP - Politicsweb (2010-10-22)
Increasing convergence on Protection of Info Bill - statement by Ministry of State Security - Politicsweb (2010-10-27)
Parliament must not rush secrecy bill - statement by Right2Know campaign - Politicsweb (2010-10-10)
PAIA has priority over secrecy bill - statement by Steve Swart, ACDP MP - Politicsweb (2010-11-12)
Joint statement on the engagement between Minister of State Secruity and Sanef on the Protection of Information Bill - Politicsweb (2010-11-12)
Secrecy bill would damage democracy - letter from Rona Peligal and Siphokazi Mthati (Human Rights Watch) to Cecil Burgess - Politicsweb (2010-11-23)
ACDP welcomes postponement of secrecy bill - statement by Steve Swart, ACDP MP - Politicsweb (2010-11-25)
The Protection of Information Bill and Section 72 of the Constitution - JASA letter to Speaker of Parliament and Chairperson of NCOP (2010-22-15)
Statement by the Right to Know Campaign, on the Protection of Information Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-01-16)
Secrecy bill still too far-reaching - statement by the FW de Klerk Foundation - Politicsweb (2011-01-21)
Statement by the Right2Know Campaign, calling on Parliament to investigate the anti-democratic provisions of the Secrecy Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-02-17)
Statement by the FW de Klerk Foundation, on the Protection of Information Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-03-01)
Statement by the Right2Know Campaign, calling for a new period of action on the Secrecy Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-05-26)
Statement by Patrick Craven, Cosatu spokesperson, on the Protection of Information Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-05-31)
What the public thinks of the Secrecy Bill - statement by Annette Grobler, TNS Research Surveys - Politicsweb (2011-05-31)
POIB unconstitutional and undemocratic - joint statement by TAC/SECTION 27 - Politicsweb (2011-06-01)
Letter from Ronnie Kasrils - Politicsweb (2011-06-01)
Statement by the South African Freelancers Association on the Protection of Information Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-06-03)
Secrecy bill will protect corrupt municipal officers - statement by Steve Faulkner, SAMWU's international officer - Politicsweb (2011-06-03)
Cosatu welcomes POIB deadline extension - statement by Patrick Craven, Cosatu national spokesperson - Politicsweb (2011-06-03)
Secrecy Bill will damage investor confidence - statement by Gareth Ackerman, Pick 'n Pay chairman - Politicsweb (2011-06-07)
Secrecy Bill should be scrapped - letter by Kader Asmal - Politicsweb (2011-06-15)
POIB must be revised - SJC/EE - statement by Yoliswa Dwane, Equal Education, and Angy Peter, Social Justice Coalitions - Politicsweb (2011-06-19)
POIB deadline extended - Statement by the The Office of the ANC Chief Whip, ANC Parliamentary Caucus - Politicsweb (2011-06-22)
Secrecy bill should be withdrawn - statement by Stellenbosch University - Politicsweb (2011-06-22)
Dear MP, please scrap the POIB - letter by SANEF - Politicsweb (2011-06-23)
Scrapping of POIB can't be allowed - statement by Department of State Secruity - Politicsweb (2011-06-23)
Five new proposals on the POIB - statement by the ANC Parliamentary Caucus - Politicsweb (2011-06-24)
ANC concessions on secrecy bill a good start - statement by Right2Know Campaign - Politicsweb (2011-06-25)
DA welcomes ANC concessions on POIB, but... - statement by Dene Smuts, DA PM - Politicsweb (2011-06-26)
Rhodes Unversity welcomes proposed changes to Protection of Information Bill, but Bill is still a threat to academic freedom - statement on behalf on the Senate and Council of Rhodes University - Rhodes University (2011-07-14)
Statement by the Right2Know Campaing, on the Secrecy Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-07-29)
Secrecy Bill still sinister - Statement by Murray Hunter, Right2Know national coordinator - Politicsweb (2011-08-29)
Lack of public interest defence in POIB a blow - statement by Mondli Makhanya, Sanef chairman, Gaye Davis, Sanef secretary-general and Raymond Louw, Deputy Chairman, Sanef Media Freedom Committee - Politicsweb (2011-08-31)
Secrecy Bill will have a chilling effect on free speech - statement by Dene Smuts, DA MP - Politicsweb (2011-09-04)
Secrecy Bill not ready to be signed into law - statement by Tahir Sema, SAMWU - Politicsweb (2011-09-15)
ANC Caucus's decision on the Protection of State Informatio Bill - statement by the Office of the ANC Chief Whip - Politicsweb (2011-09-19)
Info Bill - dealing with its problems or putting them off? - statement issued by Dr Mario Oriani-Ambrosini MP, IFP - Politicsweb (2011-09-19)
NUMSA statement on Protection of State Information Bill - Politicsweb (2011-09-19)
Delay of Info Bill debate a window of opportunity - statement by David Maynier, DA MP - Politicsweb (2011-09-19)
Right2Know statement in response to delay of Secrecy Bill - Politicsweb (2011-09-19)
ANC established POIB committee - statement by Moloto Mothapo, Office of the ANC Chief Whip - Politicsweb (2011-09-27)
ANC hijacking parliamentary process on POIB - Joint Statement by Dene Smuts, DA MP and David Maynier, DA MP - Politicsweb (2011-09-27)
Motshekga's remarks embarassingly ignorant - statement by Dene Smuts, DA MP - Politicsweb (2011-09-29)
Letter from Murray Hunter, National Coordinator, Right2Know campaign to Max Sisulu MP, Speaker of the National Assembly - Politicsweb (2011-09-29)
Parliament condemns "senior official" for comments on POIB - statement by Parliamentary Communication Services - Politicsweb (2011-09-29)
ANC's public interaction on POIB not unprecedented - statement issued by the Office of the ANC Chief Whip - Politicsweb (2011-10-04)
POIB would harm investor confidence in SA - statement by SwissCham Southern Africa - Politicsweb (2011-10-11)
Statement by Dene Smuts, DA MP, on the Protection of State Information Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-10-19)
ANC consultations on POIB collapse - statement by Dene Smuts, DA MP - Politicsweb (2011-11-11)
ANC reneges on Secrecy Bill promise - statement by Righ2Know - Politicsweb (2011-11-14)
Speech by Minister of State Security, Siyabonga Cwele, during debate on the Protection of State Information Bill, National Assembly - Politicsweb (2011-11-16)
Extracts from a speech delivered by Luwellyn Landers, ANC MP, during debate on the Protection of State Information Bill, National Assembly - Politicsweb (2011-11-16)
Parliamentary speech on the Protection of State Information Bill by Dene Smuts, DA MP - Politicsweb (2011-11-16)
Speech by Cecil Burgess, ANC MP, during the debate on the Protecion of State Information Bill, National Assembly - Politicsweb (2011-11-16)
Speech by Ben Fihla, ANC MP, during the debate on the Protection of State Information Bill, National Assembly - Politicsweb (2011-11-16)
Speech by ACDP MP, Steve Swart on the second reading of the Protection of Information Bill, Parliament - Politicsweb (2011-11-16)
POIB intended to cover up ANC wrongdoing - statement by David Maynier, DA MP - Politicsweb (2011-11-16)
COSATU press statement on the Protection of (State) Information Bill and current parliamentary process - Politicsweb (2011-11-16)
POIB still a threat to democracy - statement by Murray Hunter, Right2Know - Politicsweb (2011-11-16)
Sanef will challenge constitutionality of POIB, if need be - statement by Mondi Makhanya, Sanef - Politicsweb (2011-11-17)
Why I filibustered the Secrecy Bill - statement by Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, IFP - Politicsweb (2011-11-18)
Members of Parliament should reject the 'Secrecy Bill' - Joint statement issued by the Treatment Action Campaign, Equal Education, Social Justice Coalition, SECTION27 and Ndifuna Ukwazi - Politicsweb (2011-11-21)
Secrecy Bill not ready to be signed into law - statement by Tahir Sema, SAMWU - Politicsweb (2011-11-21)
Statement by the ANC on the Protection of State Informatio Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-11-21)
Statement by the Right2Know Campaign, on Parliament accepting the Info Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-11-22)
This bill will destroy our freedoms - extract from speech delivered by Lindiwe Mazibuko, DA MP, in Parliament - Politicsweb (2011-11-22)
This is a security bill, not a media bill - statement by Moloto Mothapo, Office of the ANC Chief Whip - Politicsweb (2011-11-22)
Bill takes us a step closer to Zimbabwe - statement by Dr Pieter Mulder, FF Plus - Politicsweb (2011-11-22)
Sanef press statement on the outcome of the National Assembly vote on the Protection of State Information Bill - Politicsweb (2011-11-22)
Passing of POIB a blow to democracy - statement by the Helen Suzman Foundation - Politicsweb (2011-11-22)
POSIB's requirements press ludicrous - speech by Steve Swart, ACDP MP - Politicsweb (2011-11-22)
Parliament's endorsement of POIB disturbing - statement by Ms Gerda Kruger, UCT - Politicsweb (2011-11-22)
Ben Turok's conduct smacks of ill-discipline - statement by Jackson Mthembu, ANC national spokesperson - Politicsweb (2011-11-23)
Statement by the Right2Know Campaign, calling on the NCOP to open the Secrecy Bill to community voices - Polity.org.za (2011-11-24)
Statement by Helen Zille, DA leader, on the Protection of State Information Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-11-24)
Absent MPs must explain why they missed POSIB vote - statement by Moloto Mothapo, ANC Parliamentary Caucus - Politicsweb (2011-11-24)
Statement by the FW de Klerk Foundation, on the Protection of State Information Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-11-24)
SACP now supports the POSIB - statement by Blade Nzimande, SACP - Politicsweb (2011-11-25)
Parliament turned against the people - statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, DA parliamentary leader - Politicsweb (2011-11-25)
Secrecy bill will hit the poor hard - statement by Tahir Sema, SAMWU - Politicsweb (2011-11-25)
POSIB critics undermining state security - statement by Jacob Mamabolo, SACP Gauteng - Politicsweb (2011-11-27)
Allow Parliament to process Protection of State Information Bill - South African Government Information (2011-11-25)
Old dangers return anew in secrecy bill - statement by Les Labuschagen, Gauteng DA - Politicsweb (2011-11-29)
Our problems with the POSIB - Address by Zwelinzima Vavi, COSATU General Secretary, to the meeting with SA National Editors Forum and Right2Know on the Protection of State Information Bill, November 30 2011 - Politicsweb (2011-11-30)
Thousands petition Zuma over POSIB - statement by Ernst Roets, Afriforum - Politicsweb (2011-11-30)
Parliamentary statement on the members of the Ad Hoc-Committee on the Protection of State Information Bill - Polity.org.za (2011-12-02)
Info Bill's seven deadly sins - Mail & Guardian (2011-12-02)
DA launches e-mobilisation campaign against Secrecy Bill - statement by Helen Zille, DA leader - Politicsweb (2011-12-06)
Another brainless campaign from Zille - statement by Moloto Mothapo, ANC Parliamentary Caucus - Politicsweb (2011-12-07)
Johannes Tau to chair NCOP committee on POSIB - statement by ANC Parliamentary Caucus - Politicsweb (2011-12-07)
NCOP must have public participation plan for POSIB - statement by Alf Lees, DA - Politicsweb (2011-11-07)
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela to convey SANEF and civil society concerns over information bill to NCOP - statement by K Masibi, Public Protector spokesperson - South African Government Information (2011-12-13)
Govt's Q&A advertorial on the POSIB - GCIS - Politicsweb (2011-12-19)
Public Protector delinks with civil society over POSIB - statement by O Segalwe, Office of the Public Protector - Politicsweb (2011-12-19)
Parliamentary statement on the programme adopted by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Protection of State Information Bill - Polity.org.za (2012-01-17)
ANC manufacturing support for Secrecy Bill - statement by Alf Lees, DA MP - Politicsweb (2012-02-02)
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality hearings a success - statement by Parliament - South African Government Information (2012-02-02)
Bill gets resounding approval - statement by Parliament - South African Government Information (2012-02-02)
Committee Chairperson says Bloem public participation "encouraging" - satement by Parliament - South African Government Information (2012-02-07)
Gauteng hearings on Secrecy Bill deeply flawed - statement by Right2Know - Politicsweb (2012-02-15)
ANC bussing in supporters to Secrecy Bill hearings - statement by Alf Lees, DA MP - Politicsweb (2012-02-16)
AD Hoc Committee encouraged by Vryheid community - statement by Parliament - South African Government Information (2012-02-17)
Our objections to the POSIB - statement by the Students Against Secrecy, UCT - Politicsweb (2012-02-21)
Committee Chairperson says Bloemfontein public hearing participation "encouraging" - statement by Parliament (2012-02-23)
Info Bill Committee "happy" with Kuruman community - statement by Parliamentary Communication Services - Parliament (2012-03-01)
Info Bill Committee Chairperson praises Kimberley residents - statement by Parliamentary Communication Services - Parliament (2012-03-01)
Concluding the Bill - statement by Parliament - South African Government Information (2012-03-01)
Kuruman wants workshops on Bill - statement by Parliament - South African Government Information (2021-03-02)
NCOP extends reporting deadline of ad hoc Committee on Info Bill - statement by Parliament - South African Government Information (2012-03-06)
Only 1 of 258 submissions supportive of Secrecy Bill - statement by Alf Lees, DA MP - Politicsweb (2012-03-13)
18 organisations shortlisted for POSIB hearings - statement by Parliament - Politicsweb (2021-03-14)
Key voices excluded from NCOP's POSIB hearings - Right2Know - statement by Murray Hunter, Right2Know - Politicsweb (2012-03-15)
Secrecy Bill: the fight for freedom continues - statement by Wilmot James, DA MP - Politicsweb (2012-03-17)
Opposition united against the POSIB - address by Mangosuthu Buthelezi, IFP leader - Politicsweb (2012-03-17)
The NCOP's flawed hearings on the POSIB - complaints by Right2Know Campaign - Politicsweb (2012-03-26)
Govt's sneaky amendments to the Secrecy Bill - statement by Anthea Jeffery, SAIRR - Politicsweb (2012-03-28)
MPs silence AIDC presentation on Secrecy Bill - statement by Mark Weinberg, AIDC - Politicsweb (2012-03-28)
POSIB committee disappointed at AIDC presentation - statement by Parliament - Politicsweb (2012-03-28)
POSIB will entrench a security state - statement by Zwelinzima Vavi, Cosatu - Politicsweb (2012-03-29)
Dept of State Security releases adverts defending POSIB - Politcsweb (2012-03-29)
Media failed the public with Info Bill reporting - statement by Department of State Security - South African Government Information (2012-03-30)
SAHA objects to exclusion from POSIB hearings - Politicsweb (2012-03-30)
Right2Know rejects allegations from Cape Metro ANC & Co - Politicsweb (2012-03-30)
DLF condemns ANC-SACP-SANCO pro-POSIB march - Politicsweb (2012-03-30)
ASA must investigate Info Bill ads - statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, DA MP - Politicsweb (2012-04-02)
Secrecy Bill ads violate the separation of powers - statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, DA MP - Politicsweb (2012-04-04)
DA complaints about POSIB ads ridicilous - statement by Office of the Chief Whip, ANC - Politicsweb (2012-04-04)
DA appeals ASA ruling on Secrecy Bill adverts - statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, DA MP - Politicsweb (2012-04-24)
People sense victory on POSIB - statement by Dennis Bloem, COPE - Politicsweb (2012-05-11)

Articles on the Web:

Doublethink - D Steward, FW de Klerk Foundation (2010)
The Protection of Information Bill - S Seedat & G Pienaar, IDASA (2010-07-20)
Protection of Information Bill belongs in the Apartheid Museum - article by Helen Zille - Politicsweb (2010-09-20)
On the Information Bill and the Tribunal - K Mbatha (Politicsweb) (2010-10-31)
The Secrecy Bill: three serious concerns remain - N de Havilland (Politicsweb) (2010-10-11)
The Protection of Information Bill and its impact - Polity.org.za (2010-12-03)
Keeping secrets is not the way to make friends - Idasa (Polity.org.za) (2011-08-15)
Opposition shut out of POIB process - statement by Steve Swart, ACDP MP - Politicsweb (2011-09-28)
Decision to suspend Bill is a victory for the Right2Know campaign - S Mbete, IDASA (2011-09-30)
Position paper on the Protection of State Information Bill - Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory (2011-11-21)
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny - A Chuene & P Mongezi (2011-11-22)
How the Secrecy Bill was passed - transcript of proceedings - Politicsweb (2011-11-23)
Secrecy Bill - How MPs voted - Politicsweb (2011-11-23)
Secrecy Bill - Who missed the vote? - Politicsweb (2011-11-24)
The secrecy bill: A dream dies - C Smith, Politicsweb (2011-11-24)
The Secrecy Bill - "How would you like your secrecy stead done?" - Paul Hoffman, IFAISA (2011-11-28)
Muzzling the Rainbow Nation - N Dawes, J February & Z Achmat, The New York Times Opinion Page (2011-11-29)
POSIB is perfectly constitutional - Mathole Motshekga, ANC Chief Whip - Politicsweb (2011-12-04)
'Black Tuesday': The Protection of State Information Bill in South Africa - C Sutherland, Consultancy Africa Intelligence (2011-12-09)
On a public interest defence in the Secrecy Bill - J Grant, Wits Law School (2011-12-11)
The POSIB: The HSF's critique - F Antonie, S Gon & T Kenny, Helen Suzman Foundation (2012-02-17)
Why POSIB needs a public interest defence - Steve Swart, ACDP MP - Politicsweb (2012-02-19)
'Write to us on Bill, too' - E Moholola, Parliament (2012-02-22)
A game changing moment in South African history - MF Cassim, COPE (2012-03-19)
The Secrecy Bill: There's devilry in the detail - A Jeffery, SAIRR (2012-03-25)
Information Bill's impact on courts requires proper scrutiny - K Hawkey, De Rebus (2012-04)
'Secrecy Bill': what you should know - Hannah Keal, East Coast Radio (2012-04-16)

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