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by The Right2Know Campaign · Published September 19, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
[Update, 26 October: The first hearings have been re-scheduled to 3-7 February 2017] People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg First Hearings: 8-12 November 2017 Press Release – Call...
Campaign Updates / R2K Events / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published September 18, 2017
Tomorrow, 19 September 2017, R2K Gauteng will be picketing outside four network providers to demand that action must be taken to ensure the cost of data and airtime is affordable to all people of...
Internet Freedom / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Security State & Intelligence
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published September 13, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
[UPDATE Oct 2018 — As of 23 October 2018, a substantially revised version of the Cybercrimes Bill was tabled in Parliament, with the cybersecurity portions of the Bill tripped out. The 23 Oct 2018...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published September 5, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The heart of community media lies in MDDA hands. The Right2Know Campaign is therefore extremely concerned about the current MDDA board nomination process. It is disheartening to note the insufficient due diligence in respect...
Campaign Updates / KZN / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published September 5, 2017
On Tuesday, 05 September 2017, R2K KZN will picket at Fairmont Zimbali Resort in Ballito where SADC Ministers will be meeting. South Africa is hosting a meeting of SADC ministers responsible for communications and...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published August 31, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
R2K welcomes the SABC Editorial Review Process as an important opportunity for South African citizens to shape the character of the public broadcaster which they own. It is vital that ordinary people, civil society...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published August 31, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Given the high concentration of media ownership and lack of diversity in our media the role of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) in strengthening our democracy is beyond question. Right2Know Campaign calls...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published August 25, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
R2K notes that the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications has published the full CVs of shortlisted SABC Board Candidates on parliament’s website, after calls by R2K to make the CV’s public. R2K encourages members...
Campaign Updates / InfoAccessNow / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Security State & Intelligence
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published August 23, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Today R2K releases statistics from MTN, Vodacom, Cell C and Telkom that show that government accesses tens of thousands of people’s sensitive communications information every year using a loophole in South Africa’s surveillance policies....
Campaign Updates / Internet Freedom / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Security State & Intelligence
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published August 11, 2017 · Last modified April 8, 2019
[UPDATE Oct 2018 — As of 23 October 2018, a substantially revised version of the Cybercrimes Bill was tabled in Parliament, with the cybersecurity portions of the Bill tripped out. The 23 Oct 2018...
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