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Home > South Africa: Factbox, a look at South Africa's secrecy bill

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Thursday, November 24, 2011 - 02:00
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Media & freedom of expression [2]
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559 [3]
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South Africa's parliament passed legislation last week aimed at better protecting state secrets but the measure has been widely criticised for provisions that could help the government hide corruption. Reuters has a useful fact page that details the major provisions of the Protection of Information Bill.

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ICT, Media & Security [4]
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South Africa [6]

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