R2K Statement: Birth pains of the Secrecy Act
On Thursday 25 April – the eve of Freedom Day – the National Assembly will vote to pass the Protection of State Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill). Rather than responding to calls to replace...
Category: Right to Communicate
New amendments to Secrecy Bill applauded
Johannesburg – Ruling party and opposition MPs were united in applauding changes to the Secrecy Bill, but still hugely divided on the legislation’s constitutionality in certain areas. Members of the ad hoc committee on...
MPs Adopt Protection of State Information Bill Report
MPs adopted a report on Tuesday approving changes made by the legislature’s second house last year. “The report is adopted. It is likely to be on the agenda on Thursday,” said Cecil Burgess, the...
‘Secrecy Bill’ now on final straight
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...
South Africa Close to Passing ‘Secrecy Bill’
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....
Spy Bill passed by National Assembly
Today the National Assembly adopted the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill, following a year of sporadic deliberations by the ad hoc committee. Initially tabled as a “merely technical” document, the Bill’s provisions would have...
What’s next? Protests & Events for R2K Freedom Week 2013
The Right2Know campaign will again mark South African “Freedom Week” – 27 April (Freedom Day), 1 May (Worker’s Day) and 3 May (World Press Freedom Day) – in recognition and celebration of the struggles...
Activist Guide: The Right to Communicate
The Right2Know Campaign is proud to publish the Activist Guide to the Right2Communicate in support of our campaign to ensure everyone has access to the means of communication: Vula ‘ma connexion! We are encouraged by...
Demand the Right to Communicate: Vula ‘ma Connexion
Our right to know will remain incomplete if our struggle is limited to securing access to information alone. We must struggle to ensure that information flows across society and that information forms the basis...
R2K Statement: The “Secrecy Bill” is far from fixed!
The Right2Know Campaign wishes to address recent comments in Parliament that seek to suggest that the outstanding problems with the Secrecy Bill are all but fixed. As captured in the Right2Know Campaign’s most recent...
