State, ANC won’t budge on info bill
The following article was published online by IOL News The government and the ANC are not about to give ground despite demands that a public interest defence clause be included in the Protection...
Category: Campaign Updates
Why secrecy bill needs a public interest defence
GARY PIENAAR: Why secrecy bill needs a public interest defence ‘The bill shuts off the state security agencies from any kind of scrutiny or accountability to the public’ STATE Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele ,...
Right2Know statement on the Press Freedom Commission (PFC)
The Right2Know Campaign welcomes the Press Freedom Commission’s (PFC) ‘Listening to South Africa Campaign’ and their public hearings which begin today (Thursday 19 January) in Cape Town. This is a critical process aimed at...
R2K welcomes Secrecy Bill public hearings – but SA needs more time
The Right2Know campaign welcomes the NCOP’s move to host provincial public hearings on the Protection of State Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) [minutes of the committee’s meeting here]. It is an encouraging sign that...
Right2Know Eastern Cape convener assaulted by police
The Right2Know Campaign is alarmed by the police brutality meted out against Ayanda Kota, convener and spokesperson for Right2Know Campaign in the Eastern Cape and Chairperson of the Grahamstown-based Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM). Yesterday...
Info Bill battle likely to predominate again
The following article was pubilished on line the IOL news Parliament looks set to kick off the new year in much the same manner as it ended the last – by managing a bitter...
Cosatu, R2K and Sanef to work together against the Secrecy Bill
The following article was published in the Daily Maverick Cosatu secretary-general Zwelinzima Vavi met with the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) on Wednesday morning to plan a way forward on the opposition to...
Muzzling the Rainbow Nation
The following article was published in the New York Times DEFENDERS of freedom in South Africa are deeply worried these days. The health of one of the world’s most celebrated democracies, which emerged after...
Information bill needed – just not this one
The following article was published online by the Times Live. It is not too late to remedy the dangers and absurdities in the proposed legislation, writes Dario Milo ON Tuesday this week, against the...
R2K joins the call for access to information for climate justice!
“Stop Climate Secrets!” On Saturday 3 December 2011, the Right2Know campaign will join other civil society movements participating in the COP17 Global Day of Action march through the streets of Durban. (Join and invite...
