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via constitutionallyspeaking.co.za Brilliant!!!

In a state in which trust has been eroded, a Bill like the one passed today becomes even more scary than it otherwise would have been. The strong reaction of civil society to the Bill therefore says just as much about the specific provisions of the Bill than it says about the fact that the

via blog.briancurrin.com This is from http://www.ewn.co.za/Story.aspx?Id=77907 Members of the ANC in Parliament have voted in favour of the Protection of State Information Bill. With a landslide majority vote from ANC members, the bill will be drafted into legislation and then be sent to the National Council of Provinces (NCP) for consideration. The public will then

Posted: 21 November 2011After calling, post a message to the right about how the call went — to help Avaaz count the number of calls made, and demonstrate the wave of national protest to this bill being tabled — we will give the numbers to the media. We literally only have hours now to stop the Secrecy Bill

The new BEE rules had been given to the President and will be made available for public comment "soon", said October. "From now empowerment will be broad based." The policy aims to deepen empowerment so it fitted more squarely into the productive base of the economy. via www.moneyweb.co.za

SA's BEE Advisory Council is toothless via www.moneyweb.co.za Surely you mean useless

“You’re gonna look pretty funny trying to eat corn on the cob with no fuckin' teeth.” via www.halfhearteddude.com For those of us who grew up on the Blues Brothers. Charles Napier died on October the 5th.

New preferential procurement regulations will come into force on December 7, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Monday. Speaking during a debate hosted by I-Net Bridge, Davies said the first round of regulations would include infrastructure such as railways, set-top boxes and Eskom's Medupi power plant. Companies with broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE)

President Jacob Zuma said slain former Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi should not have been killed, but captured and tried at the International Court of Justice. via www.businessday.co.za It is decidedly rare that I agree with the president of the ANC (who moonlights as president of the RSA). But I believe he is correct here.

* Irregular expenditure: expenditure other than unauthorised expenditure incurred in contravention of or not in accordance with the requirements of the Public Finance Management Act, the State Tender Board Act or the government’s own supply chain management policies. * Fruitless and wasteful expenditure: expenditure that was made in vain and would have been avoided had