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MPs adopt POIB report
NEWSWATCH: As expected, MPs have adopted the Protection of State Information Bill report, reports Mail & Guardian, and in BD Live, Allister Sparks recounts how the late Mervyn Rees helped change the course of SA history - by doing exactly what many critics of the POIB believe the bill is designed to stamp out.
24 Apr 2013
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- Mail & Guardian: MPs adopt Protection of State Information Bill report... Just as we all expected, the committee tasked with assessing the report on the Protection of State Information Bill has adopted it.
Opposition MPs on the committee still say they are opposed to the bill, however, which looks set to be debated by the National Assembly tomorrow.
- BD Live: The quiet reporter who helped change the course of South African history... Allister Sparks pays tribute to renowned journalist Mervyn Rees, who passed away last week aged 70 - and is credited with an achievement in investigative journalism that many critics believe the controversial POIB is designed to eliminate.
About Rod Baker
Rod Baker is Content Director at Bizcommunity.com. A journalist since before computers, he worked on a wide range of magazines and, in his youth, rose through the ranks from being a lowly and abused sub-editor, to a high and still abused editor and publisher. He has been editor and publisher of a number of magazines, as well as a newspaper. He has edited many books, and written a number too. Email him at moc.ytinummoczib@dor.