SOUTH African mobile network operators Vodacom and MTN are the main culprits stifling the public’s right to communicate, with high airtime and data costs continuing to undermine the democratising potential of mobile networks, says...
CAPE TOWN – The Right2Know (R2K) Campaign is preparing to stage a protest march in Cape Town on Wednesday,calling for more affordable cellphone and internet rates. This is part of the campaign’s efforts to...
The Right 2 Know campaign are claiming that cellphone companies are making staggering profits on SMS’s and that South Africa “has the sixth highest mobile phone charges in the world”. Vodacom’s Richard Boorman says...
Right2Know, the organisation behind the campaign against the Protection of State Information Bill (also known as the “Secrecy Bill”), has announced plans to march on Vodacom, MTN, and ICASA to demand a “free basic...
Cape Town – RIGHT2KNOW is to launch their latest campaign on Wednesday. They want cellphone companies to provide “free basic and affordable airtime and (internet) data for all”. The campaign will be launched at...
An estimated 82.9% of people living in SA have a cell phone that can enable them to access information, enjoy freedom of expression – and organise for social justice as active citizens. Yet the...
The recent decision by the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, to review the constitutionality of the National Key Points Act is both welcome and long overdue. The Act, a relic of the apartheid era,...
Tonight (Thursday 16 May) the Right2Know Campaign will be holding a vigil outside President Zuma’s Durban residence calling on him not to sign the Secrecy Bill into law. The vigil will take place form 6pm to...
The Right2Know welcomes the vision of the Draft National Broadband Policy to“ensure universal service and access to reliable, affordable and secure broadband infrastructure and services by 2020 and stimulate sustainable uptake and usage” by all citizens,...
JOHANNESBURG – The Right2Know Campaign said on Wednesday the translation of the Protection of State Information Bill (POSIB) into South Africa’s 11 official languages is expected to be finished by the end of the...
