... information. During the process of designing this bill, certain matters were taken into consideration – this being the significance of media in democracy and intending to balance it out with critical affairs of national security. The Secrecy Bill is to supersede the Protection of State Information Act, 1982, which controlled these contentions. This legislation is highly controversial and could suppress freedom ... along with their freedom (Ddp.org.za,2013). Hence, one can rationally deduce that the bill pursues to protect the freedom of South African citizens by denying it. From the s...

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