Campaign Updates / InfoAccessNow / Party Funding
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 21, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Political party finances: the public’s right to know R2K submission to Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties – 21 July 2017 Download the submission as a PDF here Introduction...
Campaign Updates / InfoAccessNow / Party Funding
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 28, 2016 · Last modified April 8, 2019
R2K supports the ongoing struggle for transparency on political party funding. Voters have the right to know who funds who. My Vote Counts (MVC) has announced that it will approach the High Court to...
Campaign Updates / InfoAccessNow / Party Funding
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published September 30, 2015 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know Campaign is extremely disappointed at today’s Constitutional Court judgement, which recognises the public’s right to know where political parties get their money – but falls short of delivering the justice needed to...
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published August 28, 2015 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Stop the secret deals: why we need to tackle secret deals in local politics and government This paper is authored by Michael Marchant, a researcher with the OpenSecrets.org.za project, on behalf of the Right2Know...
Campaign Updates / InfoAccessNow / Party Funding / popular education / Publications / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published March 31, 2015 · Last modified April 8, 2019
In South Africa, as in much of the rest of the world, telecommunication services are concentrated in a handful of monopolistic private companies that reap massive profits at the expense of ordinary South Africans....
Campaign Updates / InfoAccessNow / Party Funding
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published February 9, 2015 · Last modified April 8, 2019
R2K supports the Constitutional Court case brought by My Vote Counts (MVC) to challenge Parliament to pass a law to require political parties to disclose their funders. The case, which will be heard on...
Arms Deal / Campaign Updates / InfoAccessNow / National Key Points / Party Funding / Publications / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill / Security State & Intelligence
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published September 9, 2014 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Introducing R2K’s 2014 Secret State of the Nation Report Today the Right2Know Campaign releases its 2014 ‘Secret State of the Nation’ report, a snapshot study of trends, patterns and challenges with secrecy in South...
Campaign Updates / InfoAccessNow / Party Funding
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 9, 2014 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Statement from My Vote Counts: Secrecy is not in the vocabulary of the Constitution. Yet this is how political parties deal with their finances. Despite political parties taking “centre stage” in our democracy, there...
Campaign Updates / InfoAccessNow / Party Funding
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published May 2, 2014 · Last modified April 8, 2019
In March, R2K was one of over 60 organisations who joined My Vote Counts in writing to 14 political parties demanding to know that their ordinary ballots will not be outweighed by the bank...
Campaign Updates / Gauteng / InfoAccessNow / Party Funding
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published April 9, 2014 · Last modified April 8, 2019
An expert panel discussion on why we don’t know who funds our political parties, why it’s important, and what you can do about it. We will be hosting a panel of experts for a...
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