Right2Know Freedom Week 2014

In the run-up to the 2014 elections, the Right2Know campaign will again mark “Freedom Week” – 27 April (Freedom Day), 1 May (Worker’s Day) and 3 May (World Press Freedom Day) – in recognition of the struggles and victories that all citizens, workers and journalists have fought for and continue to fight for.

This year’s Freedom Week Programme includes 23 events ranging from protests and public meetings to seminars and pamphleteering. Events address various aspects of the right to know from the true cost of secrecy,the right to protest  and community demands for access to information, to media freedom and demands for access to affordable telecommunications.

For updates and reminder sign-up on the Freedom Week FaceBook page.

 

Sunday 27 April (FREEDOM DAY)

EVENT: Blikkiesdorp Community Meeting: Secrecy & Service Delivery
VENUE: Blikkies Community hall, Blikkiesdorp, Cape Town
TIME: 9h30 – 13h30
CONTACT: Waleed Heyn, 073 144 3619

 

 Monday 28 April

EVENT: Delft Community Meeting: Secrecy & Service Delivery
VENUE: Delft Library Hall, Delft, Cape Town
TIME: 13h00 – 17h00
CONTACT: Ashley Louw, 082 694 1101

EVENT: Public Meeting on Secrecy and Freedom of Expression
VENUE: UKZN Howard College Campus, Lecture room 1, Durban
TIME: 10h00 – 13h00
CONTACT: Joanne Adams, 083 498 1583

EVENT: Miners Shot Down Screening
VENUE: Khaya center, Zone 4, Dipkloof, Johannesburg
TIME: 10h00 – 12h00
CONTACT: Bongani Xeziwe, 071 043 2221

 

 Tuesday 29 April

EVENT: The True Cost Of Secrecy in our lives (Public Meeting).
VENUE: Community House, Salt River, Cape Town
TIME: 18h00 – 19h30
CONTACT: Waleed Heyn, 073 144 3619

 

Wednesday 30 April

EVENT: Pamphleteering for the right to communicate
VENUE: Outside ICASA, cnr Strand &  Adderly Streets, Cape Town
TIME: 12h00 – 14h00
CONTACT: John Haffner, 060 366 5880

EVENT:  Africa Unite Screening: Miners Shot Down
VENUE: Europe, Langa, Cape Town
TIME: 10h00
CONTACT: Pupa Fumba, 060 369 9041

EVENT:  Miners Shot Down
VENUE: Workers World, Orange Farm
TIME: 10h00
CONTACT: Contact Molefe Philane: 011 403 1877

 

Thursday 1 May (WORKERS DAY)

EVENT:  Community May Day Rally
VENUE: TBC, Manenberg, Cape Town
TIME: 10h00 – 16h00
CONTACT: Roegshanda Pascoe, 083 769 1296

EVENT:  Youth & Freedom (Public meeting)
VENUE: Firwood Road Library – Redill, Durban
TIME: 14h00
CONTACT: Asha Moodley, 0781624263

EVENT:  Reflecting on 20 years of democracy (Public Meeting)
VENUE: TBC, Eshowe
TIME: 10h00
CONTACT: Mxolisi Nyuswa, 082 6724035

EVENT:  Pamphleteering for the Right to Know
VENUE: Yellowwood Park, Durban
TIME: 10h00
CONTACT: Thabane Miya: 072 1510320

EVENT:  Giving back to older activists
VENUE: Wentworth, Durban
TIME: 10h00
CONTACT: Kayla Norsworthy, 073 7269897

EVENT:  Screening: Miners Shot Down
VENUE: Bambanani Hall – KwaNyuswa, Durban
TIME: 10h00
CONTACT: Thuli Hlela, 079 1029047

EVENT:  Screening: Miners Shot Down
VENUE: Inanda, Durban
TIME: 10h00
CONTACT: Gcina Makoba, 079 6101401

EVENT:  Screening: Miners Shot Down
VENUE: Constitution Hill, Johannesburg
TIME: 11h00
CONTACT: Benjy Francis 084 753 5381

EVENT:  Screening: Miners Shot Down
VENUE: Casual Workers Advice Office, Germiston
TIME: 12h00
CONTACT: Carin Runciman 073 953 4396

EVENT:  Screening: Miners Shot Down
VENUE: Bioscope Independent Cinema, Johannesburg
TIME: 19h30
CONTACT: Darryl Els, 084 414 9312

 

Friday 2 May

EVENT:  World Press Freedom Day Protest Against Censorship
VENUE: Outside the SABC Corner of Henley and Artillery Road, Auckland Park, Jozi.
TIME: 11h00 – 13h00
CONTACT: Julie Reid 082 885 8969

EVENT:  Silent Witness & Senzenina Procession
VENUE: outside Parliament c/o Wale & Adderley, Cape Town
TIME: 12h00 – 14h00
CONTACT: Ghalib Galant, 084 959 1912

EVENT:  Media Freedom after 20 Years of Democracy,
VENUE: Journalism Department Stellenbosch University
TIME: 9h00 – 12h00
CONTACT: Mark Weinberg, 084993059

 

Saturday 3 May (PRESS FREEDOM DAY)

EVENT:  Spotlight on Press Freedom
VENUE: TBC, Durban
TIME: 10h00
CONTACT: Nomvula Sikakane 073 5371777

EVENT:  Screening:  Miners Shot Down
VENUE: Nyanga Community Hall, Nyanga East
TIME: 11h00
CONTACT: Pupa Fumba, 060 369 9041