The following piece appeared in the Mail&Guardian: When Kebby Maphatsoe, the deputy defence minister, made his (now retracted) accusation that the public protector is an agent of the CIA, it was only the latest...
The Right2Know Campaign condemns the security cluster ministers’ announcement that they will challenge the Public Protector’s report on Nkandla in the High Court. This move is the latest example of the use of ‘state...
On 17 December the Movement for Transformation of the Media in South Africa (MTMSA) chose a luxurious suite in the Mandela Rhodes Place Building to launch this self-styled ‘movement’. The first act of MTMSA...
Presenting R2K’s 2013 Whistleblower Calendar – in celebration of SA’s Whistleblowers! The need to protect whistleblowers has been a driving principle in protesting the Secrecy Bill, which could have far-reaching consequences for those who...
CSAAWU is a small union in the Robertson area in the Western Cape, fighting to highlight the plight of rural workers who speak out against dehumanising labour conditions. The right to speak out, and...
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...
The following interview was published online by Greater Goods SA: The Protection of Information Bill has filled kilometres of space in South African newspapers. But the debate surrounding the Bill is often presented as...
