R2K Human Rights Day Statement: Defend the right to protest!
As we commemorate, Human Rights Day, the nation is still reeling from the shocking news of the death of Mthokozisi Ntumba, who was shot and killed by the police on his way from the...
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STATE IS COMPLICIT IN XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE UNDERMINING THE RULE OF LAW
The Right2Know Campaign strongly condemns the recent spate of attacks on foreign nationals from other African countries in Gauteng and in KwaZulu-Natal earlier this year. The assaults on people and the looting of their...
Right2Know protest against Emmerson Mnangagwa at #Zimbabwe embassy
This article below was published by PRETORIA NEWS. 18 JANUARY 2019, 1:36PM / MATLHATSI DIBAKWANE “One activist’s death too many, Back off army we have a right to protest and Hands off our internet” were among the...
Defend the right to organise! Defend the right to dissent! Stop the killing!
In KZN, Abahlali BaseMjondolo (ABM) activists have faced a history of violence and assassinations during their struggle for land and dignity. In the last 10 years, 16 Abahlali members have been killed by hitmen...
Statement: The right to protest banned again in Marikana!
Today Rustenburg officials have banned a protest from going ahead in Marikana on the anniversary of the Marikana massacre. The purpose of the protest: to call for officials to stop interfering with the right...
Statement: Right2Know Campaign commemorates Black Wednesday
Today the Right2Know Campaign commemorates Black Wednesday, the day in 1977 when the Apartheid government banned a number of Black Consciousness organisations as well as three publications on the pretext that they were disseminating...
Right2Know pickets on N2 ahead of SONA
This article below was published by : Denied permission to demonstrate closer to parliament, the organisation relocates its protest By Barbara Maregele 11 February 2016 Several motorists hooted in support of a small group of...
STATEMENT: Stand up for democracy! Stand up for the right to protest!
Stand up for democracy! Stand up for the right to protest! Yesterday saw another low point in our democracy with the police invoking draconian laws to punish legitimate student dissent. Last night, two lawyers...
Public Meeting: Attack of the Killer Channels, Privatization of the Airwaves, Marginalization of the Majority.
In the next few months South Africa will be changing its ordinary (or “free-to-air”) TV broadcasts to a new digital broadcast system. Decisions taken now will determine the future of television in South Africa....
INVITE: R2K Gauteng Workshop: Defending the right to protest
R2K Gauteng invites you to a one-day workshop on ‘Defending the Right to Protest’, as part of a series of engagements which has been taking place among R2K and allied structures across the country....
