R2K Champions 2017: #SABC8
Eight SABC journalists were suspended for blowing the whistle on censorship and mismanagement at the public broadcaster. They have risked their jobs and safety to tackle the crisis at the SABC, in the interests...
Category: R2K Champions
R2K Champions 2017: The #BopheloHouse94
The 94 Free State community health workers were convicted in 2015 of ‘an illegal gathering’ after they held a peaceful night vigil outside the health MEC’s office. In November 2016, the High Court lifted...
R2K Champions 2017: Godfrey Maximilian Phiri
Phiri was an elected Right2Know leader, and committed activist against corruption and xenophobia. He passed away on the eve of R2K’s 6th anniversary. Comrade Godfrey Phiri, an elected member of R2K’s national working group,...
R2K Champions 2017: Dr Yumna Moosa
Dr Moosa exposed bullying, racism and harassment of junior doctors at a hospital where she was doing her internship. She has since left her career as a medical doctor, but not before sparking a...
Presenting 2017 Champions for the Right to Know (Commemorative Poster)
R2K is proud to present its 2017 Champions of the Right to Know commemorative poster! This annual poster, which features a 2017 wall calendar, celebrates some of the country’s courageous individuals and organisations whose...
R2K Champions 2016: Glebelands Community Leaders
“Senzeni na eGlebelands?” More than 2000 people have been directly affected by the Glebelands violence, which has, since March 2014, claimed 55 lives plus led to hundreds of illegal evictions. This horrific string of...
R2K Champions 2016: Blikkiesdorp Joint Committee
“We want decent, adequate housing as is our right in the Constitution. Everyone has a right to information and everyone has a right to take part in these decisions.” Blikkiesdorp – Tin Can Town...
R2K Champions 2016: Marikana Support Campaign
Marikana Support Campaign used MINERS SHOT DOWN to campaign effectively for justice for the murdered Marikana miners. MSC in partnership with other organisations have been working tirelessly to ensure that the truth about what happened...
R2K Champions 2016: Tom Nkosi & Ziwaphi newspaper
Nkosi is a community journalist and newspaper publisher. He publishes Ziwaphi, an investigative newspaper in Mpumalanga. He has been threatened with criminal defamation for publishing allegations that two former members of the Congress of the...
R2K Champions 2016: Alfred “General” Moyo
Moyo is a community organiser in Makause, an informal settlement near Germiston. He has become a leading figure in challenging the apartheid-era Intimidation Act, a law used to stifle freedom of expression. As an...
