On Saturday 28 October, R2K Gauteng will lead a march to the Johannesburg Metro Police Department over continued infringements on the right to protest by the JMPD. These infringements are undermining the constitutional rights...
R2K is dismayed by the continued victimisation of Parliamentary whistleblower Zelda Holtzman, after a disciplinary inquiry has recommended her dismissal. This comes two years after Holtzman was suspended. We remain convinced that the attempts...
This opinion piece by R2K’s Murray Hunter appeared in The Daily Dispatch on 25 August 2017 Where were you on this day exactly five years ago? Did you make any phone calls? Send any...
[Update, 26 October: The first hearings have been re-scheduled to 3-7 February 2017] People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg First Hearings: 8-12 November 2017 Press Release – Call...
There is a special independent body that deals with complaints against the police, called the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). If you feel that the police have abused their power, through assault, torture, death,...
It has been 115 days since Ivory Park resident, Samuel Mabunda died after being beaten with a crowbar and kicked by members of the Red Ants Security. Ekhurhuleni Metro Police, who were on the...
[UPDATE Oct 2018 — As of 23 October 2018, a substantially revised version of the Cybercrimes Bill was tabled in Parliament, with the cybersecurity portions of the Bill tripped out. The 23 Oct 2018...
Today R2K releases statistics from MTN, Vodacom, Cell C and Telkom that show that government accesses tens of thousands of people’s sensitive communications information every year using a loophole in South Africa’s surveillance policies....
eThekwini tries to ban R2K KZN’s Marikana march Today the Right2Know KZN is holding a Marikana commemoration march to the Umlazi police station. This is part of a series of country-wide solidarity events marking...
[UPDATE Oct 2018 — As of 23 October 2018, a substantially revised version of the Cybercrimes Bill was tabled in Parliament, with the cybersecurity portions of the Bill tripped out. The 23 Oct 2018...
