Joburg Protest Fees – what you need to know
Did you know in Jozi they make you pay a fee to protest? We know that sounds crazy – the right to protest is protected by the Constitution – but it’s true! For years...
Joint statement: We are concerned about the culture of sexual harassment within the SABC!
R2K and SOS are seriously concerned with the recent revelations of what seems to be an endemic culture of sexual harassment within the corridors of the SABC. We strongly believe that the culture of...
R2K Statement: MASHABA SCRAP JOBURG PROTEST FEES!
On Friday, 16 November 2018 the Right2Know Gauteng will march to the Joburg Mayor’s office and the JMPD offices calling for a scrapping of the Joburg Protest Fees, and an end to the City’s unlawful...
R2K Statement: We Demand Transparency and Openness in the NDPP Interviews!
R2K has learnt that the interviews of the 11 shortlisted candidates for the position of National Director of Public Prosecutions will be conducted in secrecy where the media and the public will have no...
PREMIER MISSES DEADLINE ON TRANSCRIPTS
KZNPremier Willies Mchunu has missed the deadline for responding to our Promotion of Access to Information Act request for transcripts of the Moerane Commission of Inquiry into the political killings in KZN. R2K cannot...
Open meetings: Civil society orgs urge Speaker to ensure transparency in Parliament
Right2Know, as a member of Parliament Watch, has joined a range of organisations in expressing concern at the growing number of meetings in Parliament that are being closed to the public. We have sent...
WE CALL ON FORMER PRESIDENT MOTLANTHE TO ENSURE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY IN ZIMBABWE IS NOT A WHITEWASH
In solidarity with Zimbabwean human rights’ NGOs and social movements, the undersigned organisations calls for former president Kgalema Motlanthe to prevent attempts to whitewash the commission of inquiry into the killing of unarmed civilians...
United Front Statement: Umlazi United Front activists harassed for ANC internal murder
This statement was issued by the United Front National Office On Thursday 18 October, 150 activists from the South Durban United Front marched in Umlazi. The march was called over the disappearance of R392...
Urgent Media Alert: R2K to picket outside SABC in Cape Town
Tomorrow, 23 October 2018, Right2Know in the Western Cape will be picketing outside SABC Sea Point Studios from 1PM. The public broadcaster has long since been in a financial crisis partly because of corporatisation...
R2K Statement: Black Wednesday’ anniversary calls for a deepening of media activism
As we commemorate Black Wednesday 1977, when the Apartheid government banned Black Consciousness-aligned organisations and publications in the name of “national security”, this day calls for us to reflect on the state of struggles...
