The acting Minister of Police, Dr Siyabonga Cwele, has upheld the SAPS decision to refuse to release a list of National Key Points. This comes months after SAPS original refused to release the information, after...
PARLIAMENTARIANS! DO THE RIGHT THING AND VOTE AGAINST SECRECY! Date:Friday, 8th March 2013 Time 12:30 – 14:00 Venue Chris Hani Road, in front of Chris Hani (Baragwanath) Hospital.Soweto The Secrecy Bill, which is now...
The Minister of Police has missed the deadline (Thursday 28 February) to respond to the Right2Know Campaign’s information access request for a list of South Africa’s National Key Points. This is despite R2K’s granting...
The Right2Know Campaign expresses solidarity with NUMSA – who were denied the right to assemble on 27-28 February outside offices of the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) on the bounds that the NERSA...
When GCIS announced that they would be responding to the Right2Know Campaign’s Secret State of the Nation report, we welcomed the possibility of a meaningful engagement with its empirically grounded contents, which confirm the worrying trend towards...
Introduction: Addressing SA’s climate of secrecy The R2K Secret State of the Nation report shows that 2013 will be a critical year for the right to know, with signs of increasing secrecy in our politics...
PRESS STATEMENT from Gauteng Right2Know Campaign PARLIAMENTARIANS! DO THE RIGHT THING AND VOTE AGAINST SECRECY! To coincide with the opening of Parliament on 14th February, R2K Gauteng activists will stage a picket against the...
On Tuesday 12 February 2013, the Parliamentary committee dealing with the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (the so-called “Spy Bill”) starts work again, aiming to adopt the Bill by 20 March 2013. The Right2Know...
R2K has registered its concern about problematic provisions of the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (the “Spy Bill”) – especially drawing attention to provisions that relate to the mandate of the intelligence sector, and...
Mthethwa asked to explain refusal to list national key points Shanti Aboobaker Political Bureau POLICE Minister Nathi Mthethwa has until the end of February to explain why the apartheid-era National Key Points Act has...
