Category: Secrecy Bill

R2K Gauteng: Joburg Metro Police want money for gatherings

On Tuesday, 20 November, the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) demanded the Right2Know Campaign pay a R130 fee, otherwise the JMPD refused to receive notice of R2K’s public gathering. R2K will hold a candlelight...

Opposition politicians abstain from Secrecy Bill sitting

Opposition politicians abstain from Secrecy Bill sitting

Yesterday (Wednesday 14 November) we witnessed a further postponement of the Secrecy Bill’s passage into law following the absence of opposition politicians at the afternoon’s meeting of the National Council of Provinces ad hoc committee. We call...

“Whistleblowers need more protection, say ‘secrecy bill’ opponents”

“Whistleblowers need more protection, say ‘secrecy bill’ opponents”

From Business Day’s coverage of our march to the President on International Right to Know Day: Interest groups and political parties reiterated their calls for amendments to the “secrecy bill” on International Right to...