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    ANC MPs to rethink Secrecy Bill?

    The ANC has kind of confirmed that the Protection of Information Bill will be delayed to ensure that all its MPs (and probably its alliance partners too) are happy to pass it. The Daily Maverick watched Gwede Mantashe do an egg-dance about this on Monday morning.
    Carien du PlessisBy carien du plessis
    19 Sep 2011
    19 Sep 2011
    ANC MPs to rethink Secrecy Bill?

    Obviously ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe couldn't tell journalists at the ANC's briefing in Johannesburg this morning that the party's national executive committee (NEC) over the weekend decided that MPs should be convinced to hold off with the contentious Protection of Information Bill a little bit longer.

    The Bill - which deals with the disclosure of "classified information" - is due to be tabled for debate in the national assembly on Tuesday, but the ANC has, in an unusual step, called its MPs to Parliament on a Monday afternoon to caucus about the matter.

    Continue reading the full story on www.thedailymaverick.co.za.

    Read more: Protection of Information Bill, Parliament, Carien du Plessis, Secrecy Bill
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    About carien du plessis

    After spending her student days at political rallies, campus newspapers, and in lecture halls, and after an extended overseas working holiday, Carien du Plessis started newspaper reporting in 2003, pissing off (the issue of female dogs apply here) and even pleasing some of her subjects. Then the age of enlightenment dawned on her, too, and in 2011 she crossed the floor to work for the Daily Maverick full-time. Follow @carienduplessis on Twitter.
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