Category: Right to Communicate
WHAT’S STILL WRONG WITH THE SECRECY BILL Despite many victories over the last two years, the Secrecy Bill (the Protection of State Information Bill) remains a threat to our democracy. While R2K’s impact on...
On Wednesday 28 August, the Protection of State Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) enters the final stages of Parliamentary deliberation. A recent Parliamentary programme has the Secrecy Bill scheduled to be voted through the...
Mac Maharaj’s disingenuous attack on the Right2Know Campaign (Mail&Guardian 3 August 2012) ironically smacks of the very “self-interest” he accuses his critics of, showing an alarming disregard for the rights of whistleblowers in the...
The the planned migration from analog to digital terrestrial television will free up considerable spectrum to be used to deliver telecommunications services and digital television will allow for significantly more TV channels to be...
The the planned migration from analog to digital terrestrial television will free up considerable spectrum to be used to deliver telecommunications services and digital television will allow for significantly more TV channels to be...
It is with grave concern that we learn today of the formal criminal charges placed on M&G journalists Sam Sole, Stefaans Brummer and Nic Dawes. Through their investigations Brummer and Sole uncovered corrupt activities...
The following article, written by Jane Duncan, appeared online ay allAfrica.com Recently the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications held the third in a series of public hearings on print media transformation. Many in the...
The article below was publised on line by the Politicsweb In the dying months of her tenure as Minister of Defence, Lindiwe Sisulu continuously refused to divulge the details and, more importantly, the costs of...
The articble below was published online by the IOL News. Despite a public consultation drive and a government-sponsored media blitz lauding the Protection of State Information Bill, 44 percent of South Africans believe it...
The article below was written by Caroline Stone and it was published on Constitutionally Speaking. Progress at last? When two Nobel Laureates, an eminent constitutional lawyer and the Secretary General of COSATU (South Africa’s largest...