The Right2Know campaign has been alerted that a motion will come before the National Assembly on Thursday that will see the Protection of Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) being dragged back into consideration. Parliamentarians...
The Right2Know Campaign has repeatedly reminded the parliamentary committee dealing with the Protection of Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) of the weight of the task ahead of them. And yet based on last week’s...
Human Rights Watch has written to MP Cecil Burgess on the Protection of Information Bill. It’s an excellent letter that cuts straight to the heart of the Bill’s weaknesses. HRW is the latest of...
Associate law professor Richard Calland used his latest column to write about Right2Know and the changing tides in South Africa’s democracy: “Something is going on. Something potentially very remarkable, and very significant, is happening...
Journalist Issa Sikiti da Silva attended our Gauteng launch: “The launch, well-attended by the members of the public from all walks of life, looks at strengthening civil society in its battle against the government,...
The Mail & Guardian Online reported back on our Cape Town launch: “Civil society organisations are willing to take the fight over the proposed Protection of Information Bill, currently before Parliament, all the way...
