Amnesty International has called the approval of South Africa's so-called secrecy bill on November 22nd a "dark day for freedom of expression". Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an anti-apartheid hero, says the bill will "outlaw whistle-blowing and investigative journalism". The Confederation of South African Trade Unions fears it will be used to cover up government corruption and other wrongdoing. Nadine Gordimer, a South African Nobel prize-winner for literature, says it will take the country back to the apartheid era. Business Day, the country's most respected daily, dubs it an "abomination".
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