The Department of Justice & Constitutional Development is inviting comment on draft amendments to South Africa’s whistleblower protection law: the Draft Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill is open for comment until 4 July 2014. The...
In March, R2K was one of over 60 organisations who joined My Vote Counts in writing to 14 political parties demanding to know that their ordinary ballots will not be outweighed by the bank...
Public Meeting: What is the cost of secrecy in our lives? 6pm-7.30pm, Tues 29 April Community House, Salt River Speakers: * Hennie van Vuuren (Right2Know Campaign): Lessons from the Arms Deal * Luthando Tokota...
In the run-up to the 2014 elections, the Right2Know campaign will again mark “Freedom Week” – 27 April (Freedom Day), 1 May (Worker’s Day) and 3 May (World Press Freedom Day) – in recognition...
An expert panel discussion on why we don’t know who funds our political parties, why it’s important, and what you can do about it. We will be hosting a panel of experts for a...
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In 2013 Right2Know brought together different civil society organisations who work on whistleblower issues to reflect on the state of whistleblowing in South Africa. Based on these reflections we commissioned the Open Democracy Advice Centre...
R2K has endorsed this letter to South Africa’s major political parties, calling for them to disclose their private donors. (For those seeking to distract from the importance of this call, most if not all...
The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has slapped four students with disciplinary charges (effectively accusing them of defamation) after they wrote an open letter to the Vice-Chancellor raising a range of concerns around the management...
A version of the following opinion piece appeared in The Cape Times and The Star on 11 February 2014: The front-page report in the Sunday Independent that billionaire Natie Kirsh may be the ‘mystery...
