ANC shift on Info Bill

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has suggested that the ruling party may yet heed calls from the media to write a public interest defence into the contested Protection of State Information Bill.

Motlanthe said the argument was put to him by the SA National Editors' Forum that it would be up to the courts in every case to decide whether the defence held.

"If that is the understanding it creates the basis for a meeting point," Motlanthe told reporters.