The fruits of the media’s watchdog role

The larger part of the Bill that caused commotion referred to interception of communication and forced disclosure of information for the prying eyes of the State intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

Firstly, there were qualms with the certificate of urgency under which the Bill was debated in Parliament. The situation meant that it will be expedited and not get enough scrutiny and interrogation from the public. Secondly, the public had issues with the provisions of the Bill that allowed the State to pry on them. This caused furore amongst Batswana.