Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) provides this submission on the Cybercrimes Bill B6B-2017, in response to the call for submissions by the Select Committee on Security and Justice (Select Committee) of the National Council of Provinces.

As a point of departure, MMA commends the important strides that have been made in respect of the Cybercrimes Bill, in particular the removal of the sections on cybersecurity and critical information infrastructure.