Campaign Updates / InfoAccessNow / R2K in the News / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill / Western Cape / Whistleblowers
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published November 22, 2012 · Last modified April 8, 2019
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...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published May 11, 2012 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The call for a public interest defense has united public opposition to the Secrecy Bill; it has been the rallying cry of people across South Africa who have rejected any proposed law that would...
Campaign Updates / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published May 3, 2012 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know Campaign aims to ensure everyone living in South Africa is free to access and to share information. This vision will never be realised without a strong, critical, well-funded media sector, that is...
Campaign Updates / Freedom Week / InfoAccessNow / Media Freedom / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published April 27, 2012 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know campaign is hosting a series of events to mark South African “Freedom Week” – 27 April (Freedom Day), 1 May (Worker’s Day) and 3 May (World Press Freedom Day) – in recognition...
Campaign Updates / KZN / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published April 12, 2012 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Members of the Right 2 Know Campaign in KwaZulu Natal, took part in the 27th ecumenical Good Friday procession on 6 April 2012. The silent march was part of the service organised by the Durban Council...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill / Western Cape
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published March 30, 2012 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Yesterday, sections of the ANC, SACP and SANCO in the Cape Metro issued a public statement announcing that they will be marching to Parliament later this morning to show their support for the Secrecy Bill....
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published March 26, 2012 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Submission to National Council of Provinces Re: NCOP Public Hearings on Protection of State Information Bill 26 March 2012 1. Introduction An Ad Hoc Committee of the National Council of Provinces (“NCOP”) was established...
Campaign Updates / R2K in the News
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published September 16, 2011 · Last modified July 27, 2016
The following article was published online by The Mercury THE PASSING of the Protection of State Information Bill will not only affect the way journalists work, but could also infringe on citizens’ rights to...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 23, 2011 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know campaign is saddened by the death of Kader Asmal, and wishes to express its condolences to Asmal’s family, friends and those who worked alongside him during South Africa’s struggle for liberation. We...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 23, 2011 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know campaign welcomes the announcement that the ANC Parliamentary caucus intends to extend the deadline on the Protection of Information Bill to 23 September 2011. It is clear that mounting public pressure has...
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