Final countdown for the Secrecy Bill?
On 24 May 2011 the ad-hoc Parliamentary Committee dealing with the Protection of Information Bill – the Secrecy Bill – will begin meeting again, in what appears to be the final countdown for the...
Author: Bongani Khoza
Can ANC save the Secrecy Bill?
The next article was published online in the Mail And Guardian and it was written by Glenda Daniels. Glenda is a member of Right2Know and she serves on the national working group of the...
Where’s Anton Hammerl?
The Right2Know has endorsed a letter to our leaders asking for information about missing journalist Anton Hammer. 84 people also signed the letter, representing the media, freedom of expression and human rights communities around...
Now Zuma grilled over Cwele
The following article was published by Independent online, after the Right2Know issued a statement demanding answers from President Zuma on Cwele drug conviction. Convicted drug dealer Sheryl Cwele has been suspended on full pay...
A better life for the few: the ministerial handbook uncovered
In April the Mail&Guardian was told that the Ministerial handbook is a classified document. This week on SACSIS.org.za, Dale McKinley of the Right2Know national working group writes a brilliant analysis of what’s in the...
R2K wants answers on Cwele appointment
The following artclie was published on line by Eyewitness News after R2K issued a statement calling for President Zuma to tell us what South Africa’s spies told him about Sheryl Cwele’s drug conviction R2K...
Sheryl Cwele put on special leave
The article below was published online by Times Live after the Right2Know issued a statement calling for President Zuma to tell us what South Africa’s spies told him about Sheryl Cwele’s drug conviction. Sheryl...
Right2Know wants answers from President Zuma on Cwele drug conviction
The Right2Know campaign notes the conviction, pending appeal, of international drug trafficker Sheryl Cwele on 5 May 2011. This is an indication of a robust criminal justice sector which is still able to prosecute...
“Is new info bill not overkill?”
MP Steve Swart (ADCP) writes in the Sunday Times: “It’s crunch time in the long debate about a proposed Protection of (state) Information Bill”. “Political parties and stakeholders have made their final submissions, and...
Testimonies Against Secrecy – Demanding INFO ACCESS NOW!
The following article was published online by The Mail & Guardian The right to demand answers Despite a biting wind and a grey, sodden sky, the Mowbray town hall in Cape Town is overflowing....
