Campaign Updates / R2K in the News
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 12, 2011 · Last modified July 27, 2016
The following article was published online by Business Day. Ebrahim Harvey argues why, despite recent concessions made by the ANC, the secrecy bill remains a threat to South African civil society. The ruling African National...
Campaign Updates / R2K in the News
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 11, 2011 · Last modified July 27, 2016
The following article was published by Eyewitness News about a public debate featuring R2K’s Hennie van Vuuren and the Ministry of State Security’s Dennis Dlomo among others. The State Security Ministry on Monday said...
Campaign Updates / R2K in the News
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 11, 2011 · Last modified July 27, 2016
The following article was published online by Eyewitness News about a public debate featuring R2K’s Hennie Van Vuuren and the Ministry of State Security’s Dennis Dlomo among others. The State Security Ministry on Monday...
Campaign Updates / R2K in the News
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 8, 2011 · Last modified July 27, 2016
The following article was published online by The New Age. A Civil society group has urged South Africans to close ranks and fight against the adoption of the Protection of Information Bill by Parliament....
Campaign Updates / R2K in the News
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published July 7, 2011 · Last modified July 27, 2016
The following article was published online by Business Live Fear of a growing class of young unemployed workers was probably government’s primary motivation behind the controversial Protection of Information Bill, also known as the “secrecy...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 25, 2011 · Last modified April 8, 2019
The Right2Know campaign welcomes the ANC’s concessions on the Protection of Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) on Friday, which we take as a sign that there is a commitment to begin the mammoth task...
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...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 17, 2011 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Earlier this month, we got mail from Professor Kader Asmal, a long-time friend of the Right2Know campaign and one of the (at last count) nearly 19,000 individuals who have joined the R2K by endorsing...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 16, 2011 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Below is a briefing paper on the Protection of Information Bill, prepared for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, released on 17 June 2011. The briefing raises questions over whether “emergency surgery” on the Bill can...
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