R2K Secret State of the Nation Report – media coverage
Here is a summary of some of the news coverage of R2K’s 2014 Secret State of the Nation Report: It looks good on paper, but the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) is...
Tagged: Secrecy Bill
Petition the President: Stop the Secrecy Bill!
Parliament has passed the Secrecy Bill (the Protection of State Information Bill) and now President Zuma must apply his mind in considering signing it into law. The Right2Know Campaign calls on all freedom-loving South Africans and...
R2K Statement: The “Secrecy Bill” is far from fixed!
The Right2Know Campaign wishes to address recent comments in Parliament that seek to suggest that the outstanding problems with the Secrecy Bill are all but fixed. As captured in the Right2Know Campaign’s most recent...
Report of the 2013 R2K National Summit
The Right2Know Campaign held our third National Summit in Durban from 15-17 March 2013. Delegates assessed the progress made since the second National Summit (held in Johannesburg in March 2012) and the challenges and...
R2K-affiliate communities in Soweto to hold Secrecy Bill picket outside Baragwanath Hospital
PARLIAMENTARIANS! DO THE RIGHT THING AND VOTE AGAINST SECRECY! Date:Friday, 8th March 2013 Time 12:30 – 14:00 Venue Chris Hani Road, in front of Chris Hani (Baragwanath) Hospital.Soweto The Secrecy Bill, which is now...
R2K Gauteng Secrecy Bill Picket at Constitutional Court Precinct
PRESS STATEMENT from Gauteng Right2Know Campaign PARLIAMENTARIANS! DO THE RIGHT THING AND VOTE AGAINST SECRECY! To coincide with the opening of Parliament on 14th February, R2K Gauteng activists will stage a picket against the...
“Activists vow to take secrecy Bill to ConCourt”
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...
The NCOP Secrecy Bill still FAILS R2K’s 7-Point Freedom Test
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...
Guide: Why the Secrecy Bill still fails the Freedom Test
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...
“Secrets kill democracy” — Activists protest oppressive secrecy bill
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...
