{"id":887,"date":"2011-11-27T19:47:26","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T19:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/11\/info-bill-will-silence-public-law-society\/"},"modified":"2011-11-27T19:47:26","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T19:47:26","slug":"info-bill-will-silence-public-law-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/11\/27\/info-bill-will-silence-public-law-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Info bill will silence public &#8211; Law Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>2011-11-27 21:47<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/etrader.kalahari.net\/referral.asp?linkid=1869&#038;partnerid=9113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kalahari.com<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul readability=\"-0.90909090909091\">\n<li readability=\"0.90909090909091\"><a href=\"http:\/\/etrader.kalahari.net\/referral.asp?linkid=5&#038;partnerid=9113&#038;sku=33311206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zuma<\/a>\n<p>But of course Zuma has been at the epicentre of South African politics, and his life has spilt&#8230; Now R153.95<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etrader.kalahari.net\/referral.asp?linkid=5&#038;partnerid=9113&#038;sku=33311206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buy now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Johannesburg &#8211; The protection of state information bill in its present form would not only silence the media, but also the general public, the Law Society of SA (LSSA) said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The courts, to a large extent, remain the preserve of the wealthy and most ordinary citizens who become aware of corruption and maladministration will be silenced for life if the bill goes unchallenged,&#8221; said co-chairs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoswhosa.co.za\/nano-matlala-4109\" title=\"\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.whoswhosa.co.za\/hover.php?uid=4109\">Nano Matlala<\/a> and Praveen Sham.<\/p>\n<p>This jeopardised the legal profession as lawyers had the role of speaking for the public and standing up for public interest.<\/p>\n<p>The LSSA said it was distressed and disappointed that the bill was passed in the National Assembly last week.<\/p>\n<p>Matlala and Sham said the society would approach President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoswhosa.co.za\/jacob-zuma-927\" title=\"\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.whoswhosa.co.za\/hover.php?uid=927\">Jacob Zuma<\/a> to raise its concerns about the present draft of the bill being a threat to democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoswhosa.co.za\/thabo-makgoba-28736\" title=\"\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.whoswhosa.co.za\/hover.php?uid=28736\">Thabo Makgoba<\/a>, echoed these sentiments in an open letter to the president on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, he recalled the &#8220;undercurrent of fear running through our lives&#8221; during apartheid, and raised his concerns that the bill could lead to a recurrence of this state.<\/p>\n<p>Both Makgoba and LSSA said they respected that state secrets should be classified, but a public interest defence clause had to be added in order to protect accountability and sustainable democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Makgoba concluded the letter with: &#8220;As a fellow South African and Christian, I ask you not to sign this bill. Listen again to the cries of your people&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; SAPA<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visit site:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news24.com\/SouthAfrica\/Politics\/Info-bill-will-silence-public-Law-Society-20111127\" title=\"Info bill will silence public - Law Society\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Info bill will silence public &#8211; Law Society<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 2011-11-27 21:47 kalahari.com Zuma But of course Zuma has been at the epicentre of South African politics, and his life has spilt&#8230; Now R153.95 buy now Johannesburg &#8211; The protection of state information bill in its present form would not only silence the media, but also the general public, the Law Society of SA (LSSA) said on Sunday. &#8220;The courts, to a large extent, remain the preserve of the wealthy and most ordinary citizens who become aware of corruption and maladministration will be silenced for life if the bill goes unchallenged,&#8221; said co-chairs Nano Matlala and Praveen Sham. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Info bill will silence public - Law Society - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/11\/27\/info-bill-will-silence-public-law-society\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Info bill will silence public - Law Society - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"2011-11-27 21:47 kalahari.com Zuma But of course Zuma has been at the epicentre of South African politics, and his life has spilt... 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