The Right2Know Campaign, Media Monitoring Africa, amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism, South African National Editors’ Forum and Ronnie Kasrils, former Minister for Intelligence Services have written to President Cyril Ramaphosa as a collective, calling on him to expand...
The Right2Know Campaign fully supports and commends GroundUp for their amazing reporting and exposure of corruption by the National Lotteries Commission (NLC). On Tuesday, GroundUp will be in court, opposing a case brought by...
Campaign Updates / Eastern Cape / KZN / Whistleblowers
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 23, 2020 · Last modified June 25, 2020
Today R2K joins the world in commemorating the World Whistleblower Day, a special day to celebrate the courage of ordinary people who have blown the whistle on corruption, injustice and abuse of power across...
Campaign Updates / COVID-19 / KZN
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 14, 2020 · Last modified June 19, 2020
The Right2Know Campaign in KwaZulu-Natal has written an open letter to the eThekwini Municipality to challenge the Municipality’s decision that those in arrears with utility bills would face disconnections from July 2020. According to...
In July 2019, Independent Media journalist, Sihle Mavuso, was assaulted and apprehended while covering the protests against the former eThekwini Executive Mayor, Zandile Gumede. On 11 June 2020, under the cover of the COVID19...
Campaign Updates / COVID-19 / Western Cape
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 4, 2020 · Last modified June 5, 2020
By Nomacebo Mbayo BM section is an informal settlement based in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, with a history of the community being victims of fire in winter. The community established a community development centre in 2014...
The Right2Know Campaign welcomes the ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) against the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). The SCA on Friday found the decision by the SARB to refuse access to the...
The Civil Society Working Group on State Capture has written to Judge Zondo to raise a concern that since the enforcement of the lockdown, there has been minimal information shared by the Commission with...
By Nomacebo Mbayo For many women who are facing abuse in a form of domestic violence, quarantine during lockdown is a nightmare. There have been reports of a high rate of cases during this...
By Nomacebo Mbayo Farm residents in Elsenberg are facing challenges of internet access which include lack of information access. The biggest challenge started when farm workers lost their jobs due to the lockdown as...
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