The Right2Know campaign welcomes the ANC’s concessions on the Protection of Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) on Friday, which we take as a sign that there is a commitment to begin the mammoth task...
On Friday 24 June (the previous deadline to pass the Secrecy Bill, since extended to 23 September 2011), MPs from the ruling party proposed new concessions on the Secrecy Bill, which Right2Know has welcomed...
The following article was published on line by the East Coast Radio Advocacy group, Right 2 Know says the decision to extend the deadline of the Protection of Information Bill from today until the...
Equal Education and Social Justice Coalition CONDEMN ‘Protection of Information Bill’ AND CALL FOR IT to be REVISED1. Equal Education and the Social Justice Coalition are gravely concerned about the draft Protection of Information...
The Right2Know campaign is saddened by the death of Kader Asmal, and wishes to express its condolences to Asmal’s family, friends and those who worked alongside him during South Africa’s struggle for liberation. We...
The Right2Know campaign welcomes the announcement that the ANC Parliamentary caucus intends to extend the deadline on the Protection of Information Bill to 23 September 2011. It is clear that mounting public pressure has...
PRESS STATEMENT from Gauteng R2K Campaign PICKET AT MINISTRY OF STATE SECURITY ON FRIDAY 24th JUNE FROM 11H00-13H00 All media are invited to join the Right2Know campaign at a picket outside the offices of...
This article was published online by the BusinessDay Post-apartheid South Africa has entered one of the most boiling periods of its history, as journalists, businesses, politicians, non-governmental organisations, trade unionists, academics and the ordinary...
Earlier this month, we got mail from Professor Kader Asmal, a long-time friend of the Right2Know campaign and one of the (at last count) nearly 19,000 individuals who have joined the R2K by endorsing...
Below is a briefing paper on the Protection of Information Bill, prepared for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, released on 17 June 2011. The briefing raises questions over whether “emergency surgery” on the Bill can...
