Category: R2K Events
R2K Statement – Freedom Week 2019: To Vote or Not to Vote!
Tomorrow, South Africans will be celebrating Freedom Day. This year’s celebrations are particularly significant because we are 11 days away from the sixth national general elections and the burning question for the majority...
R2K Human Rights Day Statement: We must to continue to fight for the right to protest as a fundamental human right!
Tomorrow is Human Rights Day, an important day in the history of South Africa. This year’s commemorations are particularly significant because we are two months away from the sixth national general elections. As the...
How to fight Big Data in SA? (World Data Privacy Day, 28 Jan)
How to fight Big Data in SA? 1pm-2.30pm, Monday 28 January 2019 On World Data Privacy Day (28 Jan) join us for an information session on South Africa’s non-functional privacy law (the Protection of...
R2K WC to picket outside various police stations as part of 16 days of activism campaign!
To mark the 16 Days of Activism Campaign, R2K Western Cape will picket in various police stations to raise concerns about the manner in which cases on violence on Women and Children are addressed....
Defend the right to organise! Defend the right to dissent! Stop the killing!
In KZN, Abahlali BaseMjondolo (ABM) activists have faced a history of violence and assassinations during their struggle for land and dignity. In the last 10 years, 16 Abahlali members have been killed by hitmen...
Joint Statement – Civil society movements to support Ex-Mine Workers on Marikana day
To mark Marikana Day, Western Cape civil society movements will be marching to Parliament in solidarity with Ex-Mineworkers under the banner of Unpaid Benefits Campaign or UBC. UBC is an informal network of organisations...
Marikana Support Campaign / Right2Know Campaign / Socio Economic Rights Institute Press Release
It has been a full six years since the Marikana massacre took place. Most of the recommendations that came out of the Farlam Commission have still to be acted upon. The Independent Police Investigative...
