Ministry defends Info Bill
The following article was published online by Eyewitness News about a public debate featuring R2K’s Hennie Van Vuuren and the Ministry of State Security’s Dennis Dlomo among others. The State Security Ministry on Monday...
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Paranoia and secrecy in local govt
Right2Know Statement: It has been brought to the Right2Know campaign’s attention that members of a legislature task team have been told to sign a non-disclosure agreement relating to their investigation of alleged misuse of...
R2K welcomes ANC’s concessions: at last, the real work can begin
The Right2Know campaign welcomes the ANC’s concessions on the Protection of Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) on Friday, which we take as a sign that there is a commitment to begin the mammoth task...
Parliamentarians to relaunch the Secrecy Bill committee
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...
Right2Know Statement: what Wikileaks teaches us about SA’s Secrecy Bill
Make fewer secrets, less often… The leaking of secret diplomatic correspondence by Wikileaks serves as a warning to all who wish to hide information from the public. As the South African Parliament considers passing...
