The South African ruling party African National Congress (ANC) has dismissed much of the criticism of the revised draft of the bill.
ANC ad hoc committee member on the Protection of State Information Bill, Lluwelyn Landers, quoting Professor Kobus van Rooyen SC's 2011 Percy Qhoboza lecture[REF] argued against the possibility of the bill's unconstitutionality on account of the lack of a public interest defence.