The probing of suspended police chief Bheki Cele is just one example of what stand to happen should the Protection of Information Bill pass.
Cele is not the first official holding a high seat to be on the wrong side of the law on allegations of misconduct .First it was Jack Selebi also was a commissioner of police and now Cele. What seems to be striking about these two is that they both held positions where they are to protect and serve the people in South Africa .Had it not been for the media freedom that still exists at the present moment such information would have not made it to the public.
The POIB is meant to protect ‘state security ‘and the department of police is one on those departments that will have such powers to classify information. Without media freedom the media will be the voice of the government and without diversity the media will be a voice for the enterprise.
Communication must be universal and users must be able to access information anytime anywhere. Stories like these would have never made it to the front pages as ‘comrades ‘would be protecting each other just like they have been doing when allocating positions to each other where some were not fit or qualified for such positions.
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