Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / National Key Points / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published April 13, 2014 · Last modified April 8, 2019
To: Ellen Zandile Tshabalala, Chairperson, SABC Re: Limits of the repressive provisions of National Key Points Act Dear Chairperson, We were as shocked as anyone to see media reports that you invoked the National...
Campaign Updates / R2K in the News / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published April 9, 2014 · Last modified July 27, 2016
You’ve probably heard the news that MTN and Vodacom have gone to court to stop new regulations. The court ruled that the regulations should go head. What does this mean for the people’s right...
Campaign Updates / Freedom Week / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published April 7, 2014 · Last modified April 8, 2019
In the run-up to the 2014 elections, the Right2Know campaign will again mark “Freedom Week” – 27 April (Freedom Day), 1 May (Worker’s Day) and 3 May (World Press Freedom Day) – in recognition...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published April 1, 2014 · Last modified July 27, 2016
Yesterday’s Court ruling on MTN and Vodacom’s bid to stop Icasa’s new Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs)[1] is a only a partial victory for the right to communicate, and exposes serious weaknesses in the regulator,...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published March 31, 2014 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Right2Know Campaign calls for the immediate release and dropping of charges against Swazi journalist Bheki Makhubu and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko. Since March 17th, they have been jailed without trial. We understand that...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published March 30, 2014 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know Campaign has formally submitted its statement on the Preconditions for a Democratic Broadcasting and Telecommunications System as its submission to the ICT Green Paper. This response was the product of two civil...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published March 28, 2014 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know Campaign has proposed Preconditions for a Democratic Broadcasting and Telecommunications System in a statement released today calling for reforms in South Africa’s ICT policy. The issues highlighted in the statement include demands...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Security State & Intelligence
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published March 16, 2014 · Last modified April 8, 2019
A long-awaited report reveals SA spooks’ endless battles with funds, efficacy and independence The joint standing committee on intelligence (JSCI) broke its three – year long silence last Thursday by finally tabling its much-awaited...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published February 27, 2014 · Last modified July 27, 2016
STATEMENT: R2K calls on MTN & Vodacom to drop case against Icasa and stop profiteering Issued on 27 February 2014, for immediate release. The Right2Know Campaign calls on MTN and Vodacom to drop their...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published February 26, 2014 · Last modified July 27, 2016
Last Thursday R2K, together with the SOS Coalition, hosted a workshop on the new ICT Green Paper, government’s draft framework for the next generation of policy for communications and broadcast technology. (Find out more...
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