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It seems that not even opposition from within its own ranks will deter the ANC/government from approving this bill. Even Ronnie Kasrils, a former minister of intelligence is critical of many of the provisions of the bill.
He wrote in a Sunday Times article that, "A healthy civic society and media are integral parts of the checks and balances required by a democratic system and can help clean up the cancer of corruption and the ills that go with it. They need to be encouraged and not treated with hostility and suspicion."
Well said, but you can bet those who are pushing for this bill to become law have a very different view.