In a late-night meeting in Parliament yesterday, the ANC used its numerical majority to force the Secrecy Bill one step closer to becoming a Secrecy Law. Members of the NCOP ad hoc committee have...
On Tuesday, 20 November, the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) demanded the Right2Know Campaign pay a R130 fee, otherwise the JMPD refused to receive notice of R2K’s public gathering. R2K will hold a candlelight...
Join us every evening of the Right2Know Camp Out for Openness at 19h00 for a FREEDOM FILM FESTIVAL hosted in partnership with the Tri Continental Film Festival. MONDAY: Cointelpro 101 (56 min) In 1971, an American leftist activist...
Yesterday (Wednesday 14 November) we witnessed a further postponement of the Secrecy Bill’s passage into law following the absence of opposition politicians at the afternoon’s meeting of the National Council of Provinces ad hoc committee. We call...
The Secrecy Bill is set to pass through the NCOP by the end of this month and the securocrats have dug in their heels. Yet across the country, we’ve seen the rise of a...
The Minister of State Security, Siyabonga Cwele, has just given his response in Parliament to the amendments to the Secrecy Bill, proposed by the NCOP Committee deliberating on the Protection of State Information bill...
From Business Day’s coverage of our march to the President on International Right to Know Day: Interest groups and political parties reiterated their calls for amendments to the “secrecy bill” on International Right to...
STATEMENT & DEMANDS FROM THE RIGHT2KNOW CAMPAIGN FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2012 INTERNATIONAL RIGHT TO KNOW DAY To the Office of the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa: Noting that 28 September 2012 marks...
R2K MARCH ON THE UNION BUILDINGS – FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER FOR INTERNATIONAL RIGHT TO KNOW DAY To voice our remaining concerns with the Secrecy Bill, the Right2Know Campaign will march to the Union Buildings...
As Secrecy Bill looms, R2K announces march to Pretoria for International Right to Know Day (28 September) R2K notes the extension of the NCOP’s “Secrecy Bill” deadline to 31 October, announced last night. We...
