http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/info bill Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:52 +0200 The National Council of Provinces extended the reporting deadline of its ad hoc committee processing the protection of state information bill by six weeks. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Another-info-bill-concession-20120516 The ANC has turned from a party of liberation into one that facilitated a criminal state, Democratic Alliance MP Wilmot James has said at at a rally against the protection of state information bill. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Info-bill-papers-over-criminal-state-DA-20120512 The ANC is not bowing to pressure with the proposed amendments to the protection of state information bill, says NCOP chairperson Raseriti Tau. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Info-bill-ANC-says-not-bowing-to-pressure-20120511 The ANC's proposed amendments to the protection of state information bill appear to be a step in the right direction, but will be studied carefully, says the SA National Editors' Forum. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Mixed-response-to-info-bill-news-20120511 The ANC has moved to protect journalists and whistleblowers as part of a raft of proposed changes to the information bill. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Info-bill-Win-for-whistleblowers-as-ANC-backtracks-20120510 The ruling party has bowed to pressure on the protection of state information bill, proposing a raft of changes that critics of the bill have demanded over the past two years. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/ANC-bows-to-pressure-over-info-bill-20120510 Work on the protection of state information bill has resumed, but was soon halted after Ruling party MPs said they were not ready yet for clause-by-clause deliberations on the draft act. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Slow-start-to-info-bill-talks-20120508 The deadline for MPs to finalise the contentious protection of state information bill may again be postponed. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Info-bill-may-be-delayed-again-20120504 ANC MP Salam Abram had been absent from Parliament during the vote on the protection of state information bill because he was unwell, says the party's chief whip. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Non-voting-info-bill-MP-was-ill-ANC-20120503 Nobel prize winning author Nadine Gordimer has condemned the protection of state information bill, calling it a threat to freedom in South Africa. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Info-bill-a-threat-to-freedom-Gordimer-20120503 South Africa's status as a "beacon" for press freedom is being threatened by increased state involvement, the SA National Editors Forum says on World Press Freedom Day. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/SAs-press-freedom-threatened-Sanef-20120503 Cosatu wants the protection of state information bill to be amended to give better protection against "whistleblowers" who want to expose corruption. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Amend-info-bill-for-whisteblowers-Cosatu-20120501 The SA National Editors' Forum says it is troubled by the refusal of the defence ministry to supply information about presidential planes, saying it's clamping down on information. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Sanef-concerned-by-govt-secrecy-20120424 Public Protector Thuli Madonsela says that despite challenges such as corruption, South Africa today is still improving, but we must get the constitutional dream back on track. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/SA-today-better-than-past-Madonsela-20120417 The ANC Chief Whip's support for the Protection of State Information Bill advert shows a misunderstanding of the role of Parliament and the separation of powers, says the DA. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/DA-Motshekga-doesnt-understand-20120404 The DA's complaint about the state security department's protection of state information bill advert is "absurd and ridiculous", says ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/DA-info-bill-complaint-absurd-20120404 A government advertising campaign on the protection of state information bill has angered the DA, which says it will lodge a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/DA-to-complain-over-info-bill-ads-20120402 The protection of state information bill falls woefully short on safeguards to avoid South Africa becoming "a society of secrets", the Right2Know campaign has told MPs. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Info-bill-defies-Constitution-MPs-told-20120330 Only about 20 people have pitched up for a protest outside Parliament to support the protection of state information bill. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Weak-turnout-at-pro-info-bill-protest-20120330 Veteran human rights lawyer George Bizos has expressed incredulity at the government's plans to review the rulings of the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Bizos-slams-review-of-courts-20120329