On Monday, 9 May, the Cape Times and other Independent Media titles carried an editorial by Karima Brown and Vukani Mde. It requires, and deserves, close scrutiny. The following opinion piece appeared on the...
The following letter was sent to Independent Group senior editors Karima Brown and Vukani Mde: Dear Editors, I refer to your editorial “‘Celebrating’ media freedom a misnomer”. The Right2Know Campaign would agree with much...
Here’s our first tabloid newspaper for 2016 – Your Right2Know – highlighting a range of community stories such as the call to Stop Mining in the Wild Coast, the newly launched Social Justice TV Channel, Glebelands Crisis...
9 things you can do to build community media 1. Get involved According to the Electronic Communications Act, community broadcasters must involve the community on the ownership and control of their radio and/or TV...
On Monday 9 May Right2Know will picket outside the Cape Labour Court’s hearing of the landmark press freedom case when fired Cape Times Editor, Alide Dasnois, will test the right of editors to publish...
The Right2Know Campaign has struggled against government and private sector secrecy since our formation. Openness and transparency are fundamental Constitutional values of our democracy. South Africa is a founding member of the Open Government...
On Friday 6 May, the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court will hear a case relating to the surveillance of journalists. A former Crime Intelligence official is accused of giving false information to a judge...
PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2016: CHALLENGES TO MEDIA FREEDOM IN SOUTH AFRICA World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2016 marks twenty five years since the adoption of the Windhoek Declaration on Promoting an Independent and...
The people of Glebelands Hostel have turned to the United Nations Human Rights Council in a plea for protection from hitmen’s bullets and violations of their basic human rights. In the last two years,...
This article below was published by IOL: NEWS/SOUTH-AFRICA/GAUTENG / 28 April 2016 at 11:27am By: VUYO MKIZE Johannesburg – “Phantsi nge secrecy, phantsi!” they chanted. “Stop spying on us!” their posters read. Behind the yellow police-...
