As we progress into the 21st century, digital technology is changing every part of society. With the spread of computers and the internet, enormous amounts of information is being collected by governments and corporations....
By Nomacebo Mbayo After the president announced the possibility of a national lock down, a couple of community activists and neighbors from Ocean View decided to put their hands together and do something to...
By Lazola Kati The coming of the covid-19 pandemic has brought much insecurity and need for reassurance from all spheres of the government. It has also required new regulations, editions on old regulations and...
The Right2Know Campaign has launched a new report on surveillance of journalists in South Africa. This is the latest contribution to growing evidence of systemic surveillance abuses in South Africa. R2K has previously shown...
The Right2Know Campaign has published STOP THE SURVEILLANCE, an activist guide to communications surveillance in South Africa. Nearly everyone in South Africa knows about a law called “RICA” (the Regulation of Interception of Communications...
Privacy issues in South Africa have a particular historical significance, given the apartheid state’s systemic violation of the privacy of the black majority and political dissidents in general. A significant part of the struggle...
On the eve of the 2016 Local Government Elections, R2K is pleased to produce an Activist Guide to help you understand the policies and practices that can help make local government more transparent and...
R2K’s Activist Guide on the Right to Protest is now available in four languages: English (2015) isiZulu (2018) seSotho (2018) Afrikaans (2018) For many people across South Africa, the right to protest — and...
As inequality deepens and social cohesion falters South Africa needs a media that can offer expression to the full range of voices and facilitate the substantive and complex debates about the social and economic...
Zenzeleni: Do it Yourself is an introduction to Community Telecommunications Networks. The booklet tells the story of Zenzeleni Networks Mankosi, a village co-operative that came together to build and maintain its own telecommunications network and offer...
