Info Bill battle likely to predominate again
The following article was pubilished on line the IOL news Parliament looks set to kick off the new year in much the same manner as it ended the last – by managing a bitter...
Author: Bongani Khoza
Cosatu, R2K and Sanef to work together against the Secrecy Bill
The following article was published in the Daily Maverick Cosatu secretary-general Zwelinzima Vavi met with the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) on Wednesday morning to plan a way forward on the opposition to...
Muzzling the Rainbow Nation
The following article was published in the New York Times DEFENDERS of freedom in South Africa are deeply worried these days. The health of one of the world’s most celebrated democracies, which emerged after...
Information bill needed – just not this one
The following article was published online by the Times Live. It is not too late to remedy the dangers and absurdities in the proposed legislation, writes Dario Milo ON Tuesday this week, against the...
R2K joins the call for access to information for climate justice!
“Stop Climate Secrets!” On Saturday 3 December 2011, the Right2Know campaign will join other civil society movements participating in the COP17 Global Day of Action march through the streets of Durban. (Join and invite...
NCOP must open the Secrecy Bill up to community voices!
The Right2Know campaign welcomes announcements from Cosatu and opposition parties that they are exploring legal action to oppose the Protection of State Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) should it be passed into law in...
R2K stands in solidarity with amaBhungane
The Right2Know campaign condemns the legal action taken by Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj against Sam Sole and Stefaans Brummer of amaBhungane, in terms of draconian provisions of the National Prosecuting Act that threaten whistleblowers...
R2K responds to Cwele’s speech to Parliament
In his speech to the National Assembly on Wednesday, Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele reassures us that the Protection of State Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) is now constitutional. However, we have not...
R2K: outrage at the ANC’s handling of the Secrecy Bill
South Africans should be outraged at the ANC’s disingenuous move to bring the Secrecy Bill back to National Assembly for further deliberations as confirmed by the Office of the ANC Chief Whip last week....
Season 1: Free Media, Free Minds
R2K and Cape Town Community TV produce 13 episode talk show exploring aspects of the right to know. View the shows here.
