Kader Asmal: scrap the Bill!
Earlier this month, we got mail from Professor Kader Asmal, a long-time friend of the Right2Know campaign and one of the (at last count) nearly 19,000 individuals who have joined the R2K by endorsing...
Tagged: Secrecy Bill
Presentations from public meeting held on June 7
7 June 2011 The presentations from the speakers at the public meeting held on 7 June 2011 at the IDASA centre: Imam Abdul Rashied Omar: How close is the POIB to meeting R2K’s...
ANC blinks on Secrecy Bill
The following article was published in Times Live The ANC continued to give ground on Friday on its controversial secrecy bill, agreeing to discuss the inclusion of an appeal body headed by a retired...
Info Bill: Mandela Foundation Weighs In
The following article was published in the Cape Argus THE NELSON Mandela Foundation has stepped in to try to resolve the impasse over the Protection of Information Bill. The foundation will hold a meeting...
Right2Know Backs Cosatu’s Opposition to Info Bill
The following article was published in Times Live Cosatu’s vocal opposition to the Protection of Information Bill was applauded by the Right2Know campaign on Wednesday. Protesters voiced their objections to the Protection of Information...
Campaigners to Challenge Info Bill
Campaigners to Challenge Info Bill 27 May 2011 9:45 Published in The South African Rights campaigners on Thursday said they would ratchet up a campaign to prevent the ruling party from ramming the current...
ANC Calls for Delay on Info Bill
ANC Calls for Delay on Info Bill Published in News 24 2011-06-03 14:43 Cape Town – ANC MPs on Friday called for an extension of the looming deadline to complete drafting the protection of...
Secrecy bill committee ‘not guaranteed extra time’
The following article was published in Business Live Secrecy bill committee ‘not guaranteed extra time’ There is no guarantee that the ad-hoc committee deliberating the controversial Protection of Information Bill will be given more...
Parliament should be investigating the anti-democratic provisions of the Secrecy Bill…
…not five people in masks! The Parliamentary Communication Services has issued a statement condemning the Right2Know’s behaviour as “particularly unseemly” and threatening to apply the “full might of the law” against our supporters. This...
Right2Know pumps up the volume
The Right2Know campaign added a new voice to organised civil society when it formally constituted itself at a summit in Cape Town last week, according to Glenda Daniels in the M&G. Non-governmental and community-based...
