By Lelethu Mquqo
22 November 2011
Groups as politically divergent as Cosatu-affiliated municipal workers’ union Samwu and civil society organisation AfriForum are preparing to take the controversial Protection of State Information Bill to the Constitutional Court should it become law.
It is expected that the ANC will use its majority to push the so-called Secrecy Bill through Parliament today.
It will then go to the National Council of Provinces, where after President Jacob Zuma could sign it into law.
The main objections to the bill are that it will prevent the uncovering of corruption and other wrongdoing and impose harsh jail sentences on those who disclose information.
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