Today, at 10AM, the Right2Know Campaign together with allied organisations will be protesting outside SABC offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban to demand an end to censorship at the public broadcaster and the...
This article below was published by GroundUp: Meetings have taken place in Johannesburg and Cape Town. PE is next. By Stephanie Kelly 3 June 2016 A forum on Thursday led by a University of the...
The Right2Know Campaign is highly dismayed by the SABC’s decision not to show footage of people burning public institutions in any of its news bulletins. This is a form of self-censorship and it’s...
This week the Right2Know Campaign made submissions to Parliament on the Films & Publications Amendment Bill. This comes after the FPB published final regulations for online content. This briefing note, prepared by R2K’s Micah...
This Africa Day, we highlight the gross violations of the right to free expression taking place across the continent. From Cape to Cairo we continue to witness attempts by the powerful to clamp down...
On Monday, 9 May, the Cape Times and other Independent Media titles carried an editorial by Karima Brown and Vukani Mde. It requires, and deserves, close scrutiny. The following opinion piece appeared on the...
The following letter was sent to Independent Group senior editors Karima Brown and Vukani Mde: Dear Editors, I refer to your editorial “‘Celebrating’ media freedom a misnomer”. The Right2Know Campaign would agree with much...
9 things you can do to build community media 1. Get involved According to the Electronic Communications Act, community broadcasters must involve the community on the ownership and control of their radio and/or TV...
On Monday 9 May Right2Know will picket outside the Cape Labour Court’s hearing of the landmark press freedom case when fired Cape Times Editor, Alide Dasnois, will test the right of editors to publish...
On Friday 6 May, the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court will hear a case relating to the surveillance of journalists. A former Crime Intelligence official is accused of giving false information to a judge...
