Campaign against secrecy is ready for action
Right2Know is ready for the coming fight, write Sithembile Mbete and Alison Tilley SO WHAT is the state of secrecy in SA? Is it winning? You might think so, given news over the past...
Category: Campaign Updates
eNews segment: Secrecy Bill still a threat, MPs not taking it seriously
eNews ran a segment updating us on the Secrecy Bill, still before parliament threatening our democracy. Hennie van Vuuren, the Western Cape convener of Right2Know, is interviewed.
The Secrecy Bill will apply to 1001 organisations, including the Joburg Zoo
The Right2Know Campaign has insisted time and again that the Protection of Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) is outrageously wide-reaching, allowing all organs of state to make their affairs secret. Until now it has...
MPs must get serious about fixing the Secrecy Bill
The Right2Know Campaign has repeatedly reminded the parliamentary committee dealing with the Protection of Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) of the weight of the task ahead of them. And yet based on last week’s...
Open letter to President Jacob Zuma
Dear President Zuma, The Right2Know campaign, KZN provincial group, welcomes your speech delivered at the 99th ANC anniversary celebrations. We applaud your statements reaffirming the importance of a diverse and independent media in strengthening...
Make your voice heard in KZN
*Note: a previous version said the event would happen on Tuesday 8 Jan 2011. The correct date is Saturday 8 Jan* Please join us in the Right2Know campaign KZN Provincial Dialogue to shape the...
Right2Know Statement: what Wikileaks teaches us about SA’s Secrecy Bill
Make fewer secrets, less often… The leaking of secret diplomatic correspondence by Wikileaks serves as a warning to all who wish to hide information from the public. As the South African Parliament considers passing...
Are you coming to the R2K Gauteng summit?
Invitation to Gauteng Right2Know Summit, 8 December 2010 Please join us in the Right2Know campaign National Dialogue to shape the Campaign’s scope, strategy, and structure. DATEWednesday 8 December TIME9h00 to 17h00 VENUECIVICUS House24 Gwigwi...
Join our Western Cape summit!
Why a Provincial Summit? Our rapid growth and mobilisation, culminating in a week of nationwide protest known as the Week of Action, has raised a number of questions about the Campaign’s long-term scope, strategy,...
Human Rights Watch to Parliament: redraft the Bill
Human Rights Watch has written to MP Cecil Burgess on the Protection of Information Bill. It’s an excellent letter that cuts straight to the heart of the Bill’s weaknesses. HRW is the latest of...
