Cosatu credited for secrecy bill u-turn
The following article was published online by Times Live. The Protection of Information Bill was written with the aim of creating a security state, and Cosatu should be credited for forcing the ANC to...
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R2K welcomes ANC’s concessions: at last, the real work can begin
The Right2Know campaign welcomes the ANC’s concessions on the Protection of Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) on Friday, which we take as a sign that there is a commitment to begin the mammoth task...
Briefing note: What do the concessions mean?
On Friday 24 June (the previous deadline to pass the Secrecy Bill, since extended to 23 September 2011), MPs from the ruling party proposed new concessions on the Secrecy Bill, which Right2Know has welcomed...
R2K press statement on Secrecy Bill extension: 23 June 2011
The Right2Know campaign welcomes the announcement that the ANC Parliamentary caucus intends to extend the deadline on the Protection of Information Bill to 23 September 2011. It is clear that mounting public pressure has...
Presentations from public meeting held on June 7
7 June 2011 The presentations from the speakers at the public meeting held on 7 June 2011 at the IDASA centre: Imam Abdul Rashied Omar: How close is the POIB to meeting R2K’s...
ANC blinks on Secrecy Bill
The following article was published in Times Live The ANC continued to give ground on Friday on its controversial secrecy bill, agreeing to discuss the inclusion of an appeal body headed by a retired...
Right2Know Backs Cosatu’s Opposition to Info Bill
The following article was published in Times Live Cosatu’s vocal opposition to the Protection of Information Bill was applauded by the Right2Know campaign on Wednesday. Protesters voiced their objections to the Protection of Information...
A ‘hidden hand’ is steering the Secrecy Bill
Published in Legalbrief TodayMon 06 June 2011 ‘Who is guiding the Protection of Information Bill?’ In an analysis in Business Day, Alison Tilley and Murray Hunter – members of the Right2Know campaign’s national working...
Right 2 Know Mulls Legal Action Over Info Bill
28/ 05/ 2011 Published in Eyewitness News The Right 2 Know campaign has said that it has not ruled out legal action to try and prevent the protection of information bill from being passed...
Campaigners to Challenge Info Bill
Campaigners to Challenge Info Bill 27 May 2011 9:45 Published in The South African Rights campaigners on Thursday said they would ratchet up a campaign to prevent the ruling party from ramming the current...
