Category: Right to Protest

R2K-affiliate communities in Soweto to hold Secrecy Bill picket outside Baragwanath Hospital

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

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...

The GILAB (aka the Spy Bill) is back in Parliament – what you need to know

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

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...