PVO BILL SAILS THROUGH, MASS NGO CLOSURES LOOM
The controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill, which
rights activists and the opposition say is targeted at government critics and
narrowing the democratic space, has moved a step closer to becoming law after
sailing through th…
The controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill, which
rights activists and the opposition say is targeted at government critics and
narrowing the democratic space, has moved a step closer to becoming law after
sailing through the Senate.
It now awaits
Presidential assent to become law.
The Bill passed
through Senate amid rising political tensions in the country over a