Bearing the burden of the truth
Members of the Right 2 Know Campaign in KwaZulu Natal, took part in the 27th ecumenical Good Friday procession on 6 April 2012. The silent march was part of the service organised by the Durban Council...
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Right2Know Western Cape response to allegations from sections of SACP/SANCO Cape Metro region
Yesterday, sections of the ANC, SACP and SANCO in the Cape Metro issued a public statement announcing that they will be marching to Parliament later this morning to show their support for the Secrecy Bill....
R2K requests a probe of flawed provincial hearings
Submission to National Council of Provinces Re: NCOP Public Hearings on Protection of State Information Bill 26 March 2012 1. Introduction An Ad Hoc Committee of the National Council of Provinces (“NCOP”) was established...
R2K Statement on the Zim 6
Yesterday six Zimbabweans where found guilty of “inciting public disorder”. Their crime: Screened a film about the 2011 uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. When delivering the guilty verdict the magistrate told the court: “Watching...
The Great Info Bill Bunfight
The following article was published online by The Witness IN 1976 it was the young students who took to the streets to defy the apartheid government, yesterday it was the KwaZulu-Natal students who came...
NCOP hearings in Gauteng on Secrecy Bill reveal a deeply flawed and highly partisan ‘public consultation’ process
R2K Gauteng Statement The Right2Know Campaign in Gauteng – whose members/activists attended both public hearings in Sharpeville and Mamelodi – strongly condemns the deeply flawed and highly partisan character of yesterday’s National Council of Provinces (NCOP)...
Delivery issues dominate hearings
The following article was published online by the Sowetan. SERVICE delivery issues took centre stage during public hearings on the Protection of Information Bill in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, yesterday.Instead of expressing their feelings...
The tragic irony of secrecy bill hearings in Sharpeville: Ilive
The following article was publishe online by Times Live. This is a place where 69 people lost their lives in the name of freedom. In fact, Sharpeville was a turning point in the fight...
Speak up before you are gagged
The following article was published online by the Mail&Guardian. All concerned citizens should take part in the second and final phase of public participation hearings on the Protection of State Information or “secrecy”...
State, ANC won’t budge on info bill
The following article was published online by IOL News The government and the ANC are not about to give ground despite demands that a public interest defence clause be included in the Protection...
