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 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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
The acquittal of Andries Tatane’s murderers last week, the increased use of the National Key Points Act to deny gatherings, and President Zuma’s attack on our right to protest in his 2013 SONA do...
The Right2Know Campaign notes that the ‘General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill’ (the ‘Spy Bill’) has been finalised in the National Assembly committee and is all but ready for adoption. Despite concerns at the rushed...
The Right2Know Campaign held our third National Summit in Durban from 15-17 March 2013. Delegates assessed the progress made since the second National Summit (held in Johannesburg in March 2012) and the challenges and...
