Eyewitness News: ‘Info bill a threat to the constitution’

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‘Info bill a threat to the constitution’

Karabo Tjale

The Right2Know Campaign on Saturday said it would continue to lobby for the complete scrapping of the Protection of Information Bill.

Hundreds of people marched from Botha Park to the Durban City Hall, where they handed over a memorandum to the Ethekwini Municipality.

Right2Know’s China Ngubane said the bill remained a threat to the constitution.

“It will hide all the corruption that is going to happen in government. South African democracy is a hard fought and won democracy and it should prevail,” he said.

The march was in solidarity with the Abahlali Basemjondolo Movement.

The movement called for the resignation of the housing and infrastructure chair Nigel Gumede.

They accused Gumede of failing to meet the needs of the poor in the city.

Abahlali Basemjondolo’s Bandile Mdlalose said, “We don’t want things to be hidden from us. We also demand electricity, water and sanitation. We want Nigel Gumede to go so that we can have access to housing.”

(Edited by Lindiwe Mlandu)