Category: R2K in the News
The following article was published online by the Eyewitness News The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town is convinced the proposed protection of information bill will have a devastating effect on academia....
The following article was publeshed online by the Eyewitness News The final Parliamentary debate and vote on the protection of information bill has been set down for Tuesday 20 September. While MPs prepare to...
The following article was published online by The IOL Comedians. Some of the few people on the planet who can say the things that are on most people’s minds and actually get away with...
the following article was published online by the Eyewitness News Civil society organisations claim they are gearing up for a massive protest against the ‘secrecy bill’. MPs will vote on the finalised version of...
The following article was published online by The Mail & Guardian “We think it will prove unconstitutional,” said Alison Tilley of the Open Democracy Advice Centre after the Bill was finalised. At issue is...
The following article was published online by the Pretoria News The absence of a public-interest defence clause in the Protection of Information Bill means it is destined for a Constitutional Court challenge, where critics...
The following article was published online by the SABC News Some opposition parties are to petititon the President Jacob Zuma over the constitutionality of the Protection of Information Bill. The parliamentary committee is set...
The following article was published online by News24 Cape Town – Opposition parties urged the ANC on Tuesday to strike a provision from the protection of information bill that would allow intelligence agents to...
The following article was published online by the BusinessDay THE “public interest” is a term that has been much in the news lately, first with Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World bugging scandal, then...
The following article was published online by News24 Cape Town – The Right2Know Campaign on Monday said changes made to the protection of information bill by lawmakers have failed to deliver legislation befitting a...