S. Africa Parliament OK’s state secrets bill, despite opposition

Associated Press / November 23, 2011

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The governing African National Congress pushed a bill through South Africa’s parliament yesterday to protect state secrets, despite strong objections from opposition politicians who included white conservatives and black nationalists who were enemies under apartheid. Opponents, who include church and business leaders and Nobel laureates, say the measure will keep government corruption under wraps, stifle whistle-blowing, and undermine the hard-won democracy created with apartheid’s end 17 years ago.

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