THE years of protracted parliamentary deliberation on the “secrecy bill” entered the home straight on Monday, but final approval of the bill is likely to trigger a court challenge despite far-reaching amendments. The ad...
JOHANNESBURG — South African legislators are looking at a final draft of the controversial Protection of State Information Bill, a proposed law that critics say would seriously curtail freedoms in Africa’s most prominent democracy....
Mthethwa asked to explain refusal to list national key points Shanti Aboobaker Political Bureau POLICE Minister Nathi Mthethwa has until the end of February to explain why the apartheid-era National Key Points Act has...
This article below was published online by Mail&Guardian : “The secrecy Bill remains a threat to our democracy and we will continue our campaign to stop it,” the movement, which was born in opposition to the...
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Thursday passed the Protection of State Information Bill – or Secrecy Bill – in parliament. The results were 34 votes in favour of the bill, 16 against....
The article below was published online by UNCUT South Africa’s Right2Know Campaign (R2K) is “Camping out for Openness” outside parliament in Cape Town this week as deliberations over the draconian Protection of State Information...
The following article was published online by the Daily Maverick. Wednesday saw the beginning of the last round of Parliamentary deliberations on the controversial Protection of State Information Bill, from the ad hoc committee...
From Business Day’s coverage of our march to the President on International Right to Know Day: Interest groups and political parties reiterated their calls for amendments to the “secrecy bill” on International Right to...
The Right2Know Campaign is an umbrella group of organisations and activists mobilising and advocating for access to information and against secrecy in government and the private sector. R2K is best known for leading the...
The following article was published online by the Mail&Guardian. It should also be noted that Maharaj’s apparent concern about confidentiality is highly selective. Mac Maharaj’s disingenuous attack on the Right2Know campaign, “Mac: This is...
