R2K’s Activist Factsheet on NATIONAL KEY POINTS!
We reject laws that undermine our right to know and our right to protest! Many people now hear about the National Key Points Act because of Nkandla. We all know the story: the President’s...
Tagged: secrecy
Party-funding: Voters should demand the right to know political financiers!
A version of the following opinion piece appeared in The Cape Times and The Star on 11 February 2014: The front-page report in the Sunday Independent that billionaire Natie Kirsh may be the ‘mystery...
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...
R2K condemns State Security’s attempts to silence whistleblower
The Right2Know campaign strongly condemns the actions of Dennis Dlomo, acting DG of State Security, as well as the broader efforts of the SSA to silence whistleblower Roberta Nation. Their actions, exposed by the...
R2K responds to Cwele’s speech to Parliament
In his speech to the National Assembly on Wednesday, Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele reassures us that the Protection of State Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) is now constitutional. However, we have not...
Statement by Rhodes University on Protection of Information Bill
The following is a statement issued by the Senate and Council of Rhodes University. Rhodes University welcomes proposed changes to Protection of Information Bill, but Bill is still a threat to academic freedom. Issued...
SA must ‘take ownership’ of democracy
The following article was published online in the Sunday Times: South Africans must “take ownership” of democracy and play a more “robust” role in making the country work, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town,...
