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[Jane Duncan] said,\"The allegations relating to the procurement of the Garden Bridge are extremely concerning. All those who bid for work have a right to expect their submissions will be judged fairly, transparently and in accordance with the law.\"

Professor Jane Duncan from Rhodes University, who has been investigating the interception of communications, said the statistics proved that state agencies often went on wide \"fishing expeditions\" when applying for interception orders. MTN spokesman Bridget Bhengu said: \"MTN does not have any 'back doors' into its system\". She added that eavesdropping could only be done in accordance with the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act (Rica). Duncan said it was time to ask tough questions. \"I'm afraid we've been our own worst enemies when it comes to the security cluster. We've simply accepted arguments that the security services, by their very nature, are secretive. Until we stand up and demand what should rightfully be ours, secrecy will continue and, most likely, so will abuses.\"

[Report by Setumo Stone and Karl Gernetzky: \"SABC's new editorial control 'a mortal blow'\"] The move should therefore be seen as a \"mortal blow\" to the independence of SA's largest news outlines and would only further worsen SA's decline in international measures of freedom - such as the downgrade of SA's media by New York base monitor Freedom House from \"free\" last year to \"partly free\" this year.

Almost a year into her two-year term, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) president Jane Duncan is finding the job keeps her more than a little busy. Duncan--a small practice champion who runs her own firm in Amersham in Buckinghamshire--has impressed in the first 10 months of her tenure at the RIBA. After the overly diplomatic leadership of immediate predecessor Stephen Hodder, Duncan has also won admirers thanks to her bold stance on issues ranging from the Garden Bridge procurement to supporting LGBT causes and diversity generally. Here, Hurst discusses Duncan's plans for the institute.

\"As a coalition we want to see a clearly drafted SABC charter,\" said Kate Skinner, a media consultant and coordinator of the coalition. \"We want a new, clear and renewable charter drawn up. It should be renewed around every five years.\" \"The SABC board is supposed to be independent, but because of the commercial arm, the minister of broadcasting has become a shareholder in the company. It has given her certain rights and responsibilities toward the board, and this overrides the independence of the board. The three top executives -- the CEO, the chief operating officer and the chief financial officer -- are now under direct control of the minister,\" a situation [Jane Duncan] describes as \"extremely inappropriate\" for the national broadcaster. \"There is a decline in ad spend due to growing competition as the multi channel environment opens up,\" Duncan said. \"The funding model of the SABC has to be rethought.\"

'As a coalition we want to see a clearly drafted SABC charter,' Kate Skinner, a media consultant and co-ordinator of the coalition, told IPS. 'We want a new, clear and renewable charter drawn up. It should be renewed around every five years.' 'The SABC board is supposed to be independent, but because of the commercial arm, the minister of broadcasting has become a shareholder in the company. It has given her certain rights and responsibilities towards the board, and this overrides the independence of the board. The three top executives - the CEO, the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer - are now under direct control of the minister,' a situation [Jane Duncan] describes as 'extremely inappropriate' for the national broadcaster. 'There is a decline in ad spend due to growing competition as the multi channel environment opens up,' said Duncan. 'The funding model of the SABC has to be rethought.' 2009 NoticiasFinancieras - IPS - All rights reserved

Waite presents several leading figure's hopes and expectations for 2018 with respect to five critical concerns. Among others, Meredith Bowles of Mole Architects tells that architects will continue their scramble to the bottom in 2018, competing ever harder with each other by cutting fees and delivering more work for less money. Furthermore, Jane Duncan, former RIBA president, states that in 2018 architects will need to keep up the pressure on a range of impacts related to the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire. Just being `horrified' or `aghast' or even committing to such a sight never happening again just will not do.

Information about a person's movements could reveal a great deal about their activities but locational privacy was one human rights issue that was unaddressed in the Gauteng e-toll review panel's report, [Jane Duncan] said in an article published by the SA City Society Information Service. \"Governments intent on cracking down on dissidents, for instance, can misuse this information to establish a person's habits, political involvement and associations. People may also not participate in public life robustly, and self-censor, if they feel they are being watched, which may threaten a society's democratic life,\" she said. \"Sanral (SA National Roads Agency Limited) has rolled out the most privacy-insensitive e-toll system possible, mainly because the threats e-tolls pose to locational privacy have not been made into an issue,\" Duncan said.

Information about a person's movements could reveal a great deal about their activities but locational privacy was one human rights issue that was unaddressed in the Gauteng e-toll review panel's report, [Jane Duncan] said in an article published by the SA City Society Information Service. \"Governments intent on cracking down on dissidents, for instance, can misuse this information to establish a person's habits, political involvement and associations. People may also not participate in public life robustly, and self-censor, if they feel they are being watched, which may threaten a society's democratic life,\" she said. \"Sanral (SA National Roads Agency Limited) has rolled out the most privacy-insensitive e-toll system possible, mainly because the threats e-tolls pose to locational privacy have not been made into an issue,\" Duncan said.