The recent harassment of Micah Reddy, an amaBhungane investigative journalist and R2K activist, is yet another affront on freedom of expression. Micah was accosted by members of the public, who are allegedly supporters of...
R2K strongly condemns web hosting company Hetzner South Africa for taking the website Black Opinion.co.za offline, suppressing the site contributor’s freedom to impart information. As R2K, we are convinced that Hetzner’s take-down of Black...
Political party finances: the public’s right to know R2K submission to Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties – 21 July 2017 Download the submission as a PDF here Introduction...
PRESS NOTICE: THE MOERANE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO POLITICAL KILLINGS IN KWAZULU-NATAL WILL RECONVENE ON MONDAY 17 JULY WHEN TESTIMONIES FROM GLEBELANDS HOSTEL WILL BE HEARD The R15 million Commission, chaired by advocate Marumo...
The Right2Know Campaign is an umbrella group of organisations and activists campaigning to advance the free flow of information in South Africa. R2K is best known for leading the civil society campaign on the...
It is with great shock and sadness that the Right2Know Campaign learned of the passing away of whistleblower and media freedom fighter, Suna Venter. It is even more saddening to note that the media...
Our latest tabloid newspaper – Your Right2Know – celebrates the High Court’s ruling on government’s “secretive” Nuclear Deal process that has been hailed as a massive victory for transparency. It also warns ordinary citizens about the...
On the 30 of June 1991, South Africa’s infamous 1913 Land Act was repealed by the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act. The end of this horrific pre-apartheid law was a milestone in...
On Thursday 29 June 2017, to mark the end of Youth Month, the Right2Know Campaign in KZN will march on Cell C in Durban to demand a reduction in the costs of data. This follows...
Today is the World Whistleblower Day, a day to commemorate whistleblowers that have suffered reprisals for their public interest disclosures. While the spotlight tends to focus on more prominent whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, Chelsea...
