Hello, Big Brother
Nov. 22nd, 2011 06:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mahnmutSo the "Secrecy bill" was passed. Amidst enormous outrage. I was at a protest in Alexandra. It didn't work. Those fuckers adopted the bill with an overwhelming majority. Congrats, Big Brother has arrived. >:-O
In the face of the imminent passing of the Protection of State Information Bill in parliament this afternoon, South Africans took to social networks to voice their frustration at the potential law, which opponents have promised will be the start of the end of a free media in South Africa.
The bill, commonly referred to as the “Secrecy Bill,” is sponsored by the ANC majority parliament and thus expected to easily be passed, the first step to it becoming law.
Securocrats' paranoia threatens democracy
Aside from being a grievous insult to the thousands of ordinary South Africans who have voiced their protest to this bill, the accusation that these communities are being funded by foreign spies tells us everything we need to know about the ministry's concerns. Such an absurd claim reveals the paranoia that runs thick and deep in South Africa's state security apparatus.
South Africa passes secrets bill, media furious
South African MPs have overwhelmingly approved a controversial media bill despite widespread criticism of it. Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu called it "insulting" and warned it could be used to outlaw "whistle-blowing and investigative journalism".
In the face of the imminent passing of the Protection of State Information Bill in parliament this afternoon, South Africans took to social networks to voice their frustration at the potential law, which opponents have promised will be the start of the end of a free media in South Africa.
The bill, commonly referred to as the “Secrecy Bill,” is sponsored by the ANC majority parliament and thus expected to easily be passed, the first step to it becoming law.
Securocrats' paranoia threatens democracy
Aside from being a grievous insult to the thousands of ordinary South Africans who have voiced their protest to this bill, the accusation that these communities are being funded by foreign spies tells us everything we need to know about the ministry's concerns. Such an absurd claim reveals the paranoia that runs thick and deep in South Africa's state security apparatus.
South Africa passes secrets bill, media furious
South African MPs have overwhelmingly approved a controversial media bill despite widespread criticism of it. Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu called it "insulting" and warned it could be used to outlaw "whistle-blowing and investigative journalism".
