R2K wants answers on Cwele appointment
The following artclie was published on line by Eyewitness News after R2K issued a statement calling for President Zuma to tell us what South Africa’s spies told him about Sheryl Cwele’s drug conviction R2K...
Category: R2K in the News
Sheryl Cwele put on special leave
The article below was published online by Times Live after the Right2Know issued a statement calling for President Zuma to tell us what South Africa’s spies told him about Sheryl Cwele’s drug conviction. Sheryl...
“Is new info bill not overkill?”
MP Steve Swart (ADCP) writes in the Sunday Times: “It’s crunch time in the long debate about a proposed Protection of (state) Information Bill”. “Political parties and stakeholders have made their final submissions, and...
Testimonies Against Secrecy – Demanding INFO ACCESS NOW!
The following article was published online by The Mail & Guardian The right to demand answers Despite a biting wind and a grey, sodden sky, the Mowbray town hall in Cape Town is overflowing....
Protection of information farce
The article below was published by Mail & Guardian online on 15 April 2011 Protection of information farce The Mail & Guardian first reported in May last year that officials in the department of...
The real fear factor: secrecy as the mask of power
The following article was written by Dale T. McKinley and it was published in the The South African Civil Society Information Service. Dale is a member of Right2Know and he is part of the...
Secrecy Bill: Parly, police and R2K
The following article was published online by the Mail & Guardian after nine activists were barred from entering into Parliament. What do you do when you have less than three months before the next...
Access to Parliament is a right not a privilege
The following article was written by Right2Know members Sithembile Mbete and Judith February after nine member of the campaign were barred from entering Parliament. It was published in the Business Day Access to Parliament...
Parliament ban ‘not of my doing’
This article was published by Independent Newspapers after R2K members were barred from entering Parliament. Parliament ban ‘not of my doing’ The chairman of the parliamentary committee processing the controversial Protection of Information Bill...
Defend journalism from govt, corporate, Right2Know tells Press Council
The following article was published online by BizCommunity.com As the tension between the ANC-led government and media continues to simmer over the state’s threat to establish a media appeals tribunal (MAT), and other ‘bullying’...
