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The securitisation of information with reference to South Africa's Protection of State Information Bill 2010
Mini Dissertation (M Security Studies)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/60356 The securitisation of information with reference to South Africa's Protection of State Information Bill 2010 Du Plessis, Anton mikelaellinas@gmail.com Ellinas, Mikela Information access Information security Securitisation Theory State Information UCTD Mini Dissertation (M Security Studies)--University of Pretoria, 2016. The aim of this study is to analyse whether or not information has been securitised in South Africa. The degree of possible securitisation is assessed to determine the consequences of this securitised situation for the information-security nexus in South Africa. This premise is based primarily on the introduction of the Protection of State Information Bill, 2010 (hereinafter the Bill) which forms the case study. The Bill is posited by the state as a contribution to the country's information society and an enhancement of security-law to allow the State to combat threats in the Information Age. However, the Bill has received fierce criticism as a detractor to the democratic project of South Africa. The analysis of the paper is grounded in the framework of Securitisation Theory, derived from Critical Security Studies within the field of Security Studies. This theory explores the consideration of an issue or entity, as a security subject, ultimately removing the issue or entity from the public-political discourse. Accordingly, the study concludes that a partial securitisation of information has occurred in South Africa, but with justifiable defence and necessary cause. In spite of the often pejorative perspective of a securitised environment, this outcome is not necessarily detrimental to the democratic project. Not only does the proposed security law enhance the security of the country to facilitate the pursuit of national interests, it allows the state to compete more effectively and aggressively with its counterparts in the international milieu in the Information Age. Political Sciences M Security Studies Unrestricted 2017-05-12T11:38:33Z 2017-05-12T11:38:33Z 2017-05-09 2016 Mini Dissertation Ellinas, M 2016, The securitisation of information with reference to South Africa's Protection of State Information Bill 2010, M Security Studies Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60356> A2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60356 en © 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Information access Information security Securitisation Theory State Information UCTD The securitisation of information with reference to South Africa's Protection of State Information Bill 2010 |
| title | The securitisation of information with reference to South Africa's Protection of State Information Bill 2010 |
| title_full | The securitisation of information with reference to South Africa's Protection of State Information Bill 2010 |
| title_fullStr | The securitisation of information with reference to South Africa's Protection of State Information Bill 2010 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The securitisation of information with reference to South Africa's Protection of State Information Bill 2010 |
| title_short | The securitisation of information with reference to South Africa's Protection of State Information Bill 2010 |
| title_sort | securitisation of information with reference to south africa s protection of state information bill 2010 |
| topic | Information access Information security Securitisation Theory State Information UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60356 |