Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Security State & Intelligence
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published August 1, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
R2K welcomes the conviction of former Crime Intelligence official Bongani Cele, who was found guilty of illegally spying on phone communications of two Sunday Times journalists, Mzilikazi wa Afrika and Stephan Hofstatter in 2010....
Campaign Updates / Internet Freedom / R2K in the News / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Security State & Intelligence
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 28, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Cybercrimes Bill makes cyberspace less secure It also has a sinister provision that will make it easier for State Security to undermine privacy and freedom By Murray Hunter and Alison Tilley 28 July 2017...
Campaign Updates / Internet Freedom / R2K in the News / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 26, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Cybercrimes Bill threatens our freedom 10 August is deadline to send your comments to Parliament By Murray Hunter 26 July 2017 Friday 28 July is the final day to comment on the the Cybercrimes...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Security State & Intelligence
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 24, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
R2K is alarmed to learn about the theft of evidence involving Gengezi Mgidlana, Parliament’s secretary who has been suspended for possible financial mismanagement. According to the Sunday Times (16 July 2017), the stolen documents...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 21, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The recent harassment of Micah Reddy, an amaBhungane investigative journalist and R2K activist, is yet another affront on freedom of expression. Micah was accosted by members of the public, who are allegedly supporters of...
Campaign Updates / Internet Freedom / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 21, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
R2K strongly condemns web hosting company Hetzner South Africa for taking the website Black Opinion.co.za offline, suppressing the site contributor’s freedom to impart information. As R2K, we are convinced that Hetzner’s take-down of Black...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 6, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
It is with great shock and sadness that the Right2Know Campaign learned of the passing away of whistleblower and media freedom fighter, Suna Venter. It is even more saddening to note that the media...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 20, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
At the root of the governance crisis plaguing the SABC for many years are political and commercial interests that have sought to undermine the Broadcaster’s independence. Successive Communication Ministers have exploited contradictions in legislation...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 15, 2017 · Last modified July 20, 2017
Parliament has failed in their efforts to stop the profiteering of MTN, Vodacom, Telkom, and Cell C. R2K notes on Youth Day 2017 that South Africa’s young people continue to suffer from the high...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 13, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know Campaign welcomes the verdict in the disciplinary process of former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng. This is a vital step towards building a new future for the SABC. However, we believe...
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