DA proposes Constitutional amendment to establish Cyber Commissioner

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Proposal to amend South Africa's constitution for Cyber Commissioner

The Democratic Alliance has proposed an amendment to South Africa’s Constitution to create an office for a national Cyber Commissioner.

Parliament minister Advocate Glynnis Breytenbach published the proposed amendment in the Government Gazette on Wednesday, 9 November 2022.
 
A very bad idea.

I understand the idea and the necessity behind it. But once the idea takes hold that the constitution can actually be changed, it will be changed. People will more readily accept it, because it has been "done before and it was ok".

This should not be done. Not while we have a wholly corrupt and criminal organization such as the ANC in charge.
 
Bewlen said:
A very bad idea.

I understand the idea and the necessity behind it. But once the idea takes hold that the constitution can actually be changed, it will be changed. People will more readily accept it, because it has been "done before and it was ok".

This should not be done. Not while we have a wholly corrupt and criminal organization such as the ANC in charge.
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Not to mention that the spastic given the title (already selected no doubt) will have zero subject matter expertise and will surround himself with equally incompetent wastes of skin.

The full tinfoil theory here is that they're slowly maneuvering to censor any dissidence against themselves or even splinter faction EFF.
 
Lol, does the DA really think there are ANC Cadres who would be able to fill this roll?

The ANC on the other hand is stuck between a rock and a hard place. They probably love the idea of having another role to deploy a cronie to, but can't stomach the thought of implementing something suggested by the DA.

Maybe in a few months time we will instead see a "Metaverse Commissioner"
 
Nope! cause they will piggy back a bunch of BS stuff into the changes ... stuff that will allow the goverment even more rights to spy on its people.
 
Bewlen said:
A very bad idea.

I understand the idea and the necessity behind it. But once the idea takes hold that the constitution can actually be changed, it will be changed. People will more readily accept it, because it has been "done before and it was ok".

This should not be done. Not while we have a wholly corrupt and criminal organization such as the ANC in charge.
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You are aware that its been changed 17 times before this?

The SA Constitution

Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
www.justice.gov.za www.justice.gov.za

And the Constitution is a living document, so it does need to evolve with the changing times.
 
Unless this will include a drastic change in the way SITA is run, it's going to amount to nothing.
 
LCBXX said:
Unless this will include a drastic change in the way SITA is run, it's going to amount to nothing.
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SITA is run perfectly though.... I mean they've just got R400m from Home Affairs for a network upgrade.
 
LCBXX said:
I haven't worked with any network and security team who are as defiant and arrogant than those employed by SITA.
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:D

But like they have stuff, and a whole country and they must be good at what they do.. right? /s
 
Bewlen said:
A very bad idea.

I understand the idea and the necessity behind it. But once the idea takes hold that the constitution can actually be changed, it will be changed. People will more readily accept it, because it has been "done before and it was ok".

This should not be done. Not while we have a wholly corrupt and criminal organization such as the ANC in charge.
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What about never?
 
LCBXX said:
I haven't worked with any network and security team who are as defiant and arrogant than those employed by SITA.
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Can also be viewed as defensive and suspicious of outsiders.

I worked with that organisation extensively in the early 90s as a vendor (mainframe tech) and they were a good bunch (maybe a bit "civil service" in attitude to hours, but civil in all respects).

This current lot are afraid of being exposed as clowns or crooks, but whatever it is they are a major obstacle for vendors and an utter failure for their customers. But then just look at their leadership. How many CEOs in the last few years, and how many tech project failures? I stopped counting.
 
ToxicBunny said:
You are aware that its been changed 17 times before this?

The SA Constitution

Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
www.justice.gov.za www.justice.gov.za

And the Constitution is a living document, so it does need to evolve with the changing times.
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I am aware of amendments that served to clarify and correct. I am not aware of any major introductions.

However, I do stand to be corrected on this, legalese confuses me as much as the female psyche. If not more.
 
Bewlen said:
I am aware of amendments that served to clarify and correct. I am not aware of any major introductions.

However, I do stand to be corrected on this, legalese confuses me as much as the female psyche. If not more.
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There have been more than a few introductions within the amendments over the years, there have also been abolitions within those amendments as well, as well as clarifications and corrections.
 
ToxicBunny said:
There have been more than a few introductions within the amendments over the years, there have also been abolitions within those amendments as well, as well as clarifications and corrections.
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Interesting, thanks. Anything major, worth of taking note? Something like this proposal would be considered major in my opinion, not aware of others. I opened up one of those in the link you dropped, and my brain saw the legalese and went "no we took a left turn at Albequrque" :ROFL:
 
Bewlen said:
Interesting, thanks. Anything major, worth of taking note? Something like this proposal would be considered major in my opinion, not aware of others. I opened up one of those in the link you dropped, and my brain saw the legalese and went "no we took a left turn at Albequrque" :ROFL:
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So a major addition from the high level splurbs at the top would be the ability to move parties and keep the seat... a high level abolition would be the removal of that as well. Both I would consider major.
 
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