Silencing civil society’s voice threatens the country’s democracy — and the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill could be misused to do just this
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. by Sampson Mamphweli, the head of the energy secretariat at the South African National Energy Development Institute — a government agency tasked with promoting energy research and development — should send a shiver down the spine of all citizens interested in living in a healthy and vibrant democracy.
These calls to regulate environmental NGOs are deeply worrying because they are, in effect, calls by the government to narrow and restrict the space within which people and organisations of people can voice their opinions on environmental matters that affect them. These are important questions, especially considering the ongoing restrictions being placed by governments throughout the world, and particularly in Africa, on NGOs and the spaces within which they operate. Over the past several years, governments on the continent have adopted deeply anti-democratic laws to constrain the activities of NGOs.
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