The final draft of the Protection of State Information Bill contained a typo: on page 6, the word “for” appeared as “foe”. This slip of fingers over keyboard inadvertently hints at the political agenda behind the bill, which sees enemies everywhere. This is the agenda causing the internecine battles in the ANC. It’s an agenda that distrusts democracy and infantilises citizens.

From its perspective, the Right2Know campaigners are “foreign spies”, as suggested by Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele. MPs are suspected of being “in the pay of another government”, an accusation made by ANC MP Luwellyn Landers and reinforced by Cwele during the debate on the adoption of the bill in the National Assembly.

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