Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Security State & Intelligence
by Bongani Khoza · Published February 11, 2013 · Last modified April 8, 2019
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...
Campaign Updates / InfoAccessNow / Whistleblowers
by Bongani Khoza · Published February 7, 2013 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know Campaign welcomes the reinstatement of Justice Department whistleblower “Mrs M”, announced by the Public Protector, Adv. Thuli Madonsela on Thursday. The reversal of her unfair dismissal was a rare victory for whistleblowers...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by Bongani Khoza · Published January 30, 2013 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Professor Jane Duncan (also a member of R2K) writes on media transformation in the New Age: Next week the industry representative body for the press, Print and Digital Media South Africa, will be holding...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by Bongani Khoza · Published January 30, 2013 · Last modified April 8, 2019
South Africa’s print media remains dominated by four major commercial companies that control over 80% of all circulation (with Media24/Naspers controlling 40% alone) and content and distribution remain highly skewed to the English speaking urban population....
Campaign Updates / National Key Points / R2K in the News / Right to Protest
by Bongani Khoza · Published January 29, 2013 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Mthethwa asked to explain refusal to list national key points Shanti Aboobaker Political Bureau POLICE Minister Nathi Mthethwa has until the end of February to explain why the apartheid-era National Key Points Act has...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by Bongani Khoza · Published January 29, 2013 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The ICASA Amendment Bill tabled by the Minister of Communications in 2012 represents a threat to the independence for the telecommunications and broadcasting regulator. ICASA needs to systematically drive down telecommunication costs and create a broadcasting...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by Bongani Khoza · Published January 29, 2013 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know campaign believes that the proposed ICASA Amendment Bill (Notice No 970, Government Gazette Vol 569 No 35901, 23 November 2012) should be withdrawn in its entirety, pending the outcome and recommendations of the...
by Bongani Khoza · Published January 22, 2013 · Last modified July 27, 2016
You are invited to attend the ANNUAL GAUTENG PROVINCIAL SUMMIT of the Right2Know Campaign. Please join us and DEMAND YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW. DATE: 04 February 2013 TIME: 09:00—16:00 VENUE: Civicus House, 24 Gwigwi...
Campaign Updates / Western Cape
by Bongani Khoza · Published January 10, 2013 · Last modified July 27, 2016
The Right2Know Campaign in the Western Cape calls on members of the community to assist victims of the fire that ravaged the BM section of Khayelitsha on 1 January with food, clothing, toiletries and...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by Bongani Khoza · Published December 14, 2012 · Last modified April 8, 2019
(this draft vision was draft vision for the digital broadcasting era that R2K will strive to debate, finalise and popularise) Draft Vision for the Digital Broadcasting era To ensure strong, public, citizen-orientated programming in the...
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