Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 23, 2016 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know Campaign is seriously concerned by the threats made against the station manager and other employees of Madibeng FM, a community radio station in Brits. Earlier today members of the Bapo Ba Mogale Traditional...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 22, 2016 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The following statement has been issued by educators in journalism and media studies (PDF version). “We, the undersigned educators in journalism, media studies and related subjects, condemn in the strongest terms the arbitrary suspension...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 19, 2016 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know Campaign and the SOS Coalition stands in solidarity with the eight SABC journalists who have just been fired, effectively for challenging censorship at the public broadcaster. What followed was a process that...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Security State & Intelligence
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 14, 2016 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know Campaign is appalled by reports that the State Security Agency is “vetting” delegates to this year’s International AIDS Conference. The conference will be held in Durban next week and about 18,000 delegates...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 12, 2016 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know Campaign welcomes the decision by ICASA that the SABC’s ban on coverage of protests is in violation of the Broadcasting Act. There was only one way in which ICASA could legitimately have...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 8, 2016 · Last modified April 8, 2019
To: Hon. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation By email: minister@dirco.gov.za We write this letter as the Right2Know Campaign with deep concern at recent events in Zimbabwe, following protests and stay-aways prompted...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / R2K in the News / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 28, 2016 · Last modified April 8, 2019
This article below was published by IOL: NEWS / 28 Jun ’16, 07:07am Chelsea Geach Cape Twon – The suddent resignation of SABC acting chief executive Jimi Matthews has been hailed by groups across the...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 27, 2016 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know Campaign welcomes the decision by acting SABC CEO Jimi Matthews to quit his job because he can no longer tolerate the “corrosive atmosphere” at the broadcaster. The stormy departure of someone as...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 24, 2016 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know Campaign has learned that three SABC employees have been suspended for allegedly disagreeing with an instruction not to cover on our peaceful protest against SABC management that took place on Monday. This...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 24, 2016 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Right2Know activists will today stand in solidarity with allied organisations at a picket outside ICASA. We will gather from 11:30AM at ICASA, Block C, 164 Katherine Street in Sandton. The regulator’s Complaints and Compliance...
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