Secrecy Bill: Parly, police and R2K
The following article was published online by the Mail & Guardian after nine activists were barred from entering into Parliament. What do you do when you have less than three months before the next...
Category: Campaign Updates
Committee expects to finish Secrecy Bill in four meetings
The Right2Know campaign today expressed its shock at the proposed schedule for finishing work on the Secrecy Bill, and called for the Committee to scrap the Bill. A proposed schedule being circulated among committee...
Access to Parliament is a right not a privilege
The following article was written by Right2Know members Sithembile Mbete and Judith February after nine member of the campaign were barred from entering Parliament. It was published in the Business Day Access to Parliament...
Parliament ban ‘not of my doing’
This article was published by Independent Newspapers after R2K members were barred from entering Parliament. Parliament ban ‘not of my doing’ The chairman of the parliamentary committee processing the controversial Protection of Information Bill...
Parliament confirms barring civil society from Parliament
Parliament has confirmed the arbitrary barring of civil society from Parliamentary attendance. A statement issued today by the Parliamentary Communications Services says that security officials took “precautionary security action” by denying entry to the...
Right2Know activists banned from Parliament
Right2Know activists banned from ParliamentNine activists from the Right2Know campaign have been barred from entering the Parliamentary precinct today. The R2K activists had intended to join other members of the public in monitoring a...
Defend journalism from govt, corporate, Right2Know tells Press Council
The following article was published online by BizCommunity.com As the tension between the ANC-led government and media continues to simmer over the state’s threat to establish a media appeals tribunal (MAT), and other ‘bullying’...
Marchers threat to boycott election
Marchers threat to boycott election March 22 2011By Jauhara Khan INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERSSeveral organisations used Human Rights Day to voice their dissatisfaction with the eThekwini municipality, accusing it of violating human rights by failing to...
Help us draft the SA secrets list!
“What information should be made public to improve everyday life in South Africa?” Every day we meet ordinary South Africans who do not have access to information that they need, whether it’s city planners...
Right2Know statement on Press Council Reform
The Right2Know Campaign welcomes the South African Press Council’s proactive efforts to review and strengthen their mechanisms for ensuring excellence in journalistic practice and ethics in South Africa. We recently made a submission to...
