Take Back the Stolen Airtime
Imagine the CEO of the company you buy sugar from came into your home at the end of the month and took away any sugar you had not used. This would be a simple...
Category: Right to Communicate
Internet access for all schools
On the 30 March 2013 the Right2Know Campaign responded to the Department of Education’s Draft Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure. In our submission we note that internet connectivity can enable learners to have access to vast...
R2K statement on the final draft of the ‘Spy Bill’
The Right2Know Campaign notes that the ‘General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill’ (the ‘Spy Bill’) has been finalised in the National Assembly committee and is all but ready for adoption. Despite concerns at the rushed...
Report of the 2013 R2K National Summit
The Right2Know Campaign held our third National Summit in Durban from 15-17 March 2013. Delegates assessed the progress made since the second National Summit (held in Johannesburg in March 2012) and the challenges and...
R2K-affiliate communities in Soweto to hold Secrecy Bill picket outside Baragwanath Hospital
PARLIAMENTARIANS! DO THE RIGHT THING AND VOTE AGAINST SECRECY! Date:Friday, 8th March 2013 Time 12:30 – 14:00 Venue Chris Hani Road, in front of Chris Hani (Baragwanath) Hospital.Soweto The Secrecy Bill, which is now...
Response to GCIS statement on R2K’s ‘Secret State of the Nation’ Report
When GCIS announced that they would be responding to the Right2Know Campaign’s Secret State of the Nation report, we welcomed the possibility of a meaningful engagement with its empirically grounded contents, which confirm the worrying trend towards...
R2K’s Secret State of the Nation report – with infographics
Introduction: Addressing SA’s climate of secrecy The R2K Secret State of the Nation report shows that 2013 will be a critical year for the right to know, with signs of increasing secrecy in our politics...
R2K Gauteng Secrecy Bill Picket at Constitutional Court Precinct
PRESS STATEMENT from Gauteng Right2Know Campaign PARLIAMENTARIANS! DO THE RIGHT THING AND VOTE AGAINST SECRECY! To coincide with the opening of Parliament on 14th February, R2K Gauteng activists will stage a picket against the...
The GILAB (aka the Spy Bill) is back in Parliament – what you need to know
On Tuesday 12 February 2013, the Parliamentary committee dealing with the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (the so-called “Spy Bill”) starts work again, aiming to adopt the Bill by 20 March 2013. The Right2Know...
The Matthews Commission, the GILAB, and why we’re worried about SA’s spies
R2K has registered its concern about problematic provisions of the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (the “Spy Bill”) – especially drawing attention to provisions that relate to the mandate of the intelligence sector, and...
