Category: Campaign Updates
Presenting R2K’s 2013 Whistleblower Calendar – in celebration of SA’s Whistleblowers! The need to protect whistleblowers has been a driving principle in protesting the Secrecy Bill, which could have far-reaching consequences for those who...
The people of Khayelitsha and South Africa have a right to know why police stations in Khayelitsha have the highest rates of murder, attempted murder and aggravated robbery in the country. The Right2Know Campaign...
This article below was published online by Mail&Guardian : “The secrecy Bill remains a threat to our democracy and we will continue our campaign to stop it,” the movement, which was born in opposition to the...
Right2Know submitted a memorandum to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications during their hearings into the cost of communications at the end of November 2012. In the memorandum we draw the connection between the right to exchange information and ideas, access to information – and the profiteering oc telecommunication companies that stands as a barrier...
The Ten Myths About Myths about the Secrecy Bill While R2K members were making their way to the NCOP gallery in preparation for today’s vote, we got hold of a copy of a ‘briefing’...
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Thursday passed the Protection of State Information Bill – or Secrecy Bill – in parliament. The results were 34 votes in favour of the bill, 16 against....
On Thursday 29 November (tomorrow) the National Council of Provinces may vote to take the Secrecy Bill one step closer to becoming a Secrecy Law. After more than two years of intensive campaigning the...
After more than two years of intensive campaigning the Right2Know returns to our founding statement and concludes that – despite the many amendments we have secured – the Secrecy Bill still fails our Right2Know...
The article below was published online by UNCUT South Africa’s Right2Know Campaign (R2K) is “Camping out for Openness” outside parliament in Cape Town this week as deliberations over the draconian Protection of State Information...
The following article was published online by the Daily Maverick. Wednesday saw the beginning of the last round of Parliamentary deliberations on the controversial Protection of State Information Bill, from the ad hoc committee...