Category: InfoAccessNow

R2K condemns possible ousting of Zelda Holtzman by Parliament!

R2K condemns possible ousting of Zelda Holtzman by Parliament!

R2K is dismayed by the continued victimisation of Parliamentary whistleblower Zelda Holtzman, after a disciplinary inquiry has recommended her dismissal. This comes two years after Holtzman was suspended. We remain convinced that the attempts...

People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa: Call for evidence

People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa: Call for evidence

[Update, 26 October: The first hearings have been re-scheduled to 3-7 February 2017]   People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg First Hearings: 8-12 November 2017   Press Release – Call...

Lay a complaint with IPID

Lay a complaint with IPID

There is a special independent body that deals with complaints against the police, called the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). If you feel that the police have abused their power, through assault, torture, death,...

Statement: Stats reveal that cops are spying on 70,000+ mobile phones every year

Statement: Stats reveal that cops are spying on 70,000+ mobile phones every year

Today R2K releases statistics from MTN, Vodacom, Cell C and Telkom that show that government accesses tens of thousands of people’s sensitive communications information every year using a loophole in South Africa’s surveillance policies....