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South Africa's parliament is considering an information bill the government says will better protect secrets but critics fear could hamper access to market-sensitive data and muzzle media investigations. The Protection of Information Bill sets guidelines for air jordan shoesclassifying state information as well as creating a legislative framework for the government to combat espionage and other hostile activities. The draft bill protects information on regulators and state-owned enterprises, which critics said could cut investors off from information affecting equity, treasury and foreign exchange markets. There is broad support in parliament forAir Max reforming existing laws. Analysts expect revisions to the current draft bill because its measures are so vague almost any government information could be deemed classified and kept from the public. The bill seeks to prevent the disclosure of data deemed harmful to the "national interest". Critics say that is too broad a definition which could, for instance, apply to information on power plant expansion at state-owned utility Eskom. "BEAR TRAPS" "How can you talk aboutAir Max shoes public-private partnerships or privatisation when investors are going to be in the dark about undisclosed information which is secret? They could potentially walk into a bear trap," said Gary van Staden, a political analyst at NKC Independent Economists. Benson Fihla, a member of parliament with the ruling African National Congress, said the reforms in the draft bill were fair. "The security of the country is paramount to any government, and therefore I don't see any excesses on the bill that we've made," he said in parliament. The bill has reopened debate on media freedoms enshrined in Nike Shox Shoesthe constitution when white minority rule ended in 1994 and the country achieved full democracy. "In effect it is authorising the minister to decide what information on almost every conceivable subject should be withheld from South Africans," Raymond Louw, veteran journalist and deputy chairman of media freedom at the South African National Editors Forum, told lawmakers on Thursday. The draft says journalists could face up toair shox 25 years in prison if they were found to be in possession of documents or reported on something classified "top secret".