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...
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...
*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...
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...
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...
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 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...
After a Week of Action to protest the Protection of Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill), the Right2Know Campaign has emerged as a vibrant campaign with significant influence in the public discourse. This rapid growth has raised a number...
This report on the Right2Know Week of Action appeared in Voice of America: “More than 400 organizations and 10,000 individuals in South Africa have banded together in a campaign against a proposed law that...
Associate law professor Richard Calland used his latest column to write about Right2Know and the changing tides in South Africa’s democracy: “Something is going on. Something potentially very remarkable, and very significant, is happening...
