The following speech was given by PEN South Africa Vice President Raymond Louw on 30 June 2015 at a ceremony at the University of the Witwatersrand where he was bestowed with an honorary Doctorate of Literature for his “unstinting service...
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South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has refused to sign into law the contested Protection of State Information Bill, an official secrets class of legislation which was dubbed the “Secrecy Bill’’ and which was vigorously opposed by the media and civil...
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by Dr. Raymond Louw, Vice President of SA PEN, 30/04/2013 After five years of debate, South Africa’s Protection of State Information Bill, or secrecy bill as it was dubbed, the legislation passed through the final stage of the Parliamentary process...
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David Smith from The Guardian has reported on the international condemnation of the ‘secrecy bill’: South Africa has received widespread international condemnation of its “secrecy bill” during a UN review of the country’s human rights record. The United States, Canada,...
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The controversial ‘Secrecy Bill’ continues its beleaguered passage through the legislature. There have been some amendments, in the face of national and international protest against this unconstitutional piece of legislation. For an excellent analysis of why these changes are not...
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