R2K Secret State of the Nation Report – media coverage
Here is a summary of some of the news coverage of R2K’s 2014 Secret State of the Nation Report: It looks good on paper, but the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) is...
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R2K: Minister Mthethwa – release the secret list of National Key Points!
The Minister of Police has missed the deadline (Thursday 28 February) to respond to the Right2Know Campaign’s information access request for a list of South Africa’s National Key Points. This is despite R2K’s granting...
R2K in solidarity with NUMSA in opposing the Key Points Act
The Right2Know Campaign expresses solidarity with NUMSA – who were denied the right to assemble on 27-28 February outside offices of the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) on the bounds that the NERSA...
R2K’s Secret State of the Nation report – with infographics
Introduction: Addressing SA’s climate of secrecy The R2K Secret State of the Nation report shows that 2013 will be a critical year for the right to know, with signs of increasing secrecy in our politics...
Right2Know Statement: Minister Cwele pushes back on Secrecy Bill!
The Minister of State Security, Siyabonga Cwele, has just given his response in Parliament to the amendments to the Secrecy Bill, proposed by the NCOP Committee deliberating on the Protection of State Information bill...
R2K demands public list of secret ‘National Key Points’
R2K demands public list of secret ‘National Key Points’ By now it is well known that the Department of Public Works has invoked the apartheid-era National Key Points Act to try to stymie an...
How the National Key Points Act undermines the public’s right to know
How the National Key Points Act undermines the public’s right to know What do OR Tambo International Airport, President Zuma’s homestead in Nkandla, and the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station have in common? They have...
R2K’s demands to the President on International Right To Know Day
STATEMENT & DEMANDS FROM THE RIGHT2KNOW CAMPAIGN FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2012 INTERNATIONAL RIGHT TO KNOW DAY To the Office of the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa: Noting that 28 September 2012 marks...
R2K’s march on the Union Buildings is going forward – despite police non-compliance
R2K MARCH ON THE UNION BUILDINGS – FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER FOR INTERNATIONAL RIGHT TO KNOW DAY To voice our remaining concerns with the Secrecy Bill, the Right2Know Campaign will march to the Union Buildings...
How community activism defended democracy and people’s right to know
The following article was published online by The Media Online. Please note the correction in brackets: The ad hoc committee on the Protection of Information Bill resumed deliberations on Monday with a noticeably different...
