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The Right2Know campaign says it will picket outside Luthuli House, the ANC headquarters in Johannesburg, and Parliament in Cape Town in opposition to the information bill which is set to be passed.
The amended protection of state information bill looks set to be debated by the National Assembly.
President Jacob Zuma has failed to acknowledge a "growing culture of secrecy and securitisation of the state", the Right2Know Campaign says.
The Right2Know campaign has welcomed the reinstatement of a whistleblower in the justice department, saying it is a "rare victory for whistleblowers in South Africa".
The Right2Know campaign has been voted Johannesburg Press Club 2012 newsmaker of the year.
The ANC has driven final amendments to the protection of state information bill through the National Council of Provinces, bringing the so-called secrecy bill two steps from becoming law.
The Right2Know Campaign has warned it will launch a constitutional challenge to the protection of state information bill if it is signed into law without further amendments.
There are too many things going wrong in the country for critics of the so-called info bill to be silenced, former intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils has told a group of protesters outside Parliament.
Organisations opposed to the protection of state information bill have vowed to continue resisting the contentious draft legislation.
President Jacob Zuma must demand that charges against Mail & Guardian editor Nic Dawes and two journalists be dropped, a lobby group says.
The ANC is not bowing to pressure with the proposed amendments to the protection of state information bill, says NCOP chairperson Raseriti Tau.
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.
The pace of media transformation in South Africa needs to be quickened to ensure society's interests are served, says the Right2Know Campaign.
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.
The acting state security director general has come under fire for trying to “silence” a whistleblower in the department.
