Tagged: Constitutional Court
Parliament has passed the Secrecy Bill (the Protection of State Information Bill) and now President Zuma must apply his mind in considering signing it into law. The Right2Know Campaign calls on all freedom-loving South Africans and...
PRESS STATEMENT from Gauteng Right2Know Campaign PARLIAMENTARIANS! DO THE RIGHT THING AND VOTE AGAINST SECRECY! To coincide with the opening of Parliament on 14th February, R2K Gauteng activists will stage a picket against the...
This article below was published online by Mail&Guardian : “The secrecy Bill remains a threat to our democracy and we will continue our campaign to stop it,” the movement, which was born in opposition to the...
The following article was published online by The Mail & Guardian “We think it will prove unconstitutional,” said Alison Tilley of the Open Democracy Advice Centre after the Bill was finalised. At issue is...
The following article was published online by the SABC News Some opposition parties are to petititon the President Jacob Zuma over the constitutionality of the Protection of Information Bill. The parliamentary committee is set...
The following interview was published online by Mail&Guardian: Mail & Guardian: How do you draw the boundaries on the limits of free speech? Kate O’ Regan: What is important to realise is that there...
The following article was published online by Daily Maverick, although other estimates of attendance are closer to 800. The Right 2 Know Campaign first organised a march to the Constitutional Court in October last...
The following article was published online by The New Age: Nobel Prize in Literature winner Nadine Gordimer is among five prominent South Africans scheduled to speak at a public rally against the proposed Protection...
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 rethink it, the Right 2 Know Campaign said “There...
The following article was published online by The New Age. A Civil society group has urged South Africans to close ranks and fight against the adoption of the Protection of Information Bill by Parliament....