R2K Gauteng and DLF join Youth Day march in Soweto
Take Back Our Democracy and June 16th! Our Struggle Was and Is a People’s Struggle! We celebrate their lives because they died for all of us THE FIGHT TO “SCRAP THE SECRECY BILL” CONTINUES...
Category: Campaign Updates
R2K writes to Minister Shabangu after journalists locked out of mining meeting
R2K faxed the following message to the Regional Manager of the Limpopo Department of Mineral Resources, Mr Aaron Kharivhe, and copied in the Minister of Mineral Resources, Susan Shabangu, after journalists from City Press...
R2K calls on spy agency to recognise SA’s calls for public interest defence
The State Security Agency yesterday reiterated their rejection of a public interest defence in the NCOP committee on the Secrecy Bill, and argued that it could result in damage to national security. In doing so,...
South African campaigners unite against secrecy bill
The following article was published in The Guardian Secrecy laws planned for South Africa fundamentally threaten free speech and investigative journalism, and could have a chilling effect on the rest of Africa, a united front of...
Right2Know Condemns Disruption of Community Protest
The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) condemns the disruption of a peaceful community protest march in Moretele last week, and the subsequent action of private security officers in firing live ammunition at the crowd. On Thursday...
Why the Secrecy Bill amendments are NOT the public interest defence we’re calling for
The call for a public interest defense has united public opposition to the Secrecy Bill; it has been the rallying cry of people across South Africa who have rejected any proposed law that would...
R2K Statement on Press Freedom Day: we need more media, not less!
The Right2Know Campaign aims to ensure everyone living in South Africa is free to access and to share information. This vision will never be realised without a strong, critical, well-funded media sector, that is...
R2K announces national Freedom Week action
The Right2Know campaign is hosting a series of events to mark South African “Freedom Week” – 27 April (Freedom Day), 1 May (Worker’s Day) and 3 May (World Press Freedom Day) – in recognition...
Bearing the burden of the truth
Members of the Right 2 Know Campaign in KwaZulu Natal, took part in the 27th ecumenical Good Friday procession on 6 April 2012. The silent march was part of the service organised by the Durban Council...
Right2Know Western Cape response to allegations from sections of SACP/SANCO Cape Metro region
Yesterday, sections of the ANC, SACP and SANCO in the Cape Metro issued a public statement announcing that they will be marching to Parliament later this morning to show their support for the Secrecy Bill....
