3-5 August 2012 Cape Town The Open Data and Democracy Initiative (ODADI) is inviting Cape Town’s top programmers, designers, journalists, and social activists to their inaugural event, the “Coding for Democracy” Hackathon on 3-5...
On 26 May 2012 South African History Archives (SAHA) and R2K Gauteng conducted an awareness-raising session on access to information in the community of Sebokeng, in the Vaal. The session focussed on raising awareness...
Right2Know KZN joins in calling on the South African Police Services to release Umlazi activist Bheki Buthelezi, who was arrested at his home early this morning. In addition to representing the Unemployed People’s Movement...
R2K faxed the following message to the Regional Manager of the Limpopo Department of Mineral Resources, Mr Aaron Kharivhe, and copied in the Minister of Mineral Resources, Susan Shabangu, after journalists from City Press...
The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) condemns the disruption of a peaceful community protest march in Moretele last week, and the subsequent action of private security officers in firing live ammunition at the crowd. On Thursday...
The Right2Know campaign is hosting a series of events to mark South African “Freedom Week” – 27 April (Freedom Day), 1 May (Worker’s Day) and 3 May (World Press Freedom Day) – in recognition...
Yesterday six Zimbabweans where found guilty of “inciting public disorder”. Their crime: Screened a film about the 2011 uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. When delivering the guilty verdict the magistrate told the court: “Watching...
SUMMIT REPORT Right2Know Vision “We seek a country and a world where we all have the right to know – that is to be free to access and to share information. This right is fundamental...
The Right2Know campaign strongly condemns the actions of Dennis Dlomo, acting DG of State Security, as well as the broader efforts of the SSA to silence whistleblower Roberta Nation. Their actions, exposed by the...
The Right2Know Campaign is alarmed by the police brutality meted out against Ayanda Kota, convener and spokesperson for Right2Know Campaign in the Eastern Cape and Chairperson of the Grahamstown-based Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM). Yesterday...
