Right2Know campaign turns three!
A version of this article appeared in the Weekend Argus on 1 September 2013. The Right2Know has caused heavyweight politicians to fume, it has reenergised civil society and has helped change the law. Not...
Category: National Key Points
Can I take pictures or video of a National Key Point
This is an excerpt of R2K’s advisory on the right to take photos without police harassment. See more at r2k.org.za/filmthepolice The apartheid-era National Key Points Act makes it an offence to publish information about...
R2K statement on the National Key Points Act review
The recent decision by the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, to review the constitutionality of the National Key Points Act is both welcome and long overdue. The Act, a relic of the apartheid era,...
Help us crowd-source a list of National Key Points
There are at least 182 National Key Points in South Africa, but nobody knows what they are. YOU can help us build a partial list, though. If you have any knowledge of a building...
Press Freedom Day: Right2Know to protest SABC, MTN & VODACOM, Durban City Hall
Tomorrow (3 May) the Right2Know Campaign will mark Press Freedom Day with protest at the SABC in Auckland Park, Johannesburg as well as at the MTN & VODACOM regional offices in Century City, Cape Town and at...
R2K Gauteng: Protest Party at suspected National Key Point (SABC offices)
PROTEST PARTY & STREET CARNIVAL AT THE SABC ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY FRIDAY 03 MAY 2013 In celebration of World Press Freedom Day, and to highlight our concerns surrounding the abuse of the National Key Points...
What’s next? Protests & Events for R2K Freedom Week 2013
The Right2Know campaign will again mark South African “Freedom Week” – 27 April (Freedom Day), 1 May (Worker’s Day) and 3 May (World Press Freedom Day) – in recognition and celebration of the struggles...
Report of the 2013 R2K National Summit
The Right2Know Campaign held our third National Summit in Durban from 15-17 March 2013. Delegates assessed the progress made since the second National Summit (held in Johannesburg in March 2012) and the challenges and...
Ministry of Police refuses to release the list of National Key Points
The acting Minister of Police, Dr Siyabonga Cwele, has upheld the SAPS decision to refuse to release a list of National Key Points. This comes months after SAPS original refused to release the information, after...
R2K: Minister Mthethwa – release the secret list of National Key Points!
The Minister of Police has missed the deadline (Thursday 28 February) to respond to the Right2Know Campaign’s information access request for a list of South Africa’s National Key Points. This is despite R2K’s granting...
