Kader Asmal: scrap the Bill!
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 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 13, 2011 · Last modified April 8, 2019
7 June 2011 The presentations from the speakers at the public meeting held on 7 June 2011 at the IDASA centre: Imam Abdul Rashied Omar: How close is the POIB to meeting R2K’s...
Campaign Updates / R2K in the News
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 13, 2011 · Last modified July 27, 2016
The following article was published in Times Live The ANC continued to give ground on Friday on its controversial secrecy bill, agreeing to discuss the inclusion of an appeal body headed by a retired...
Campaign Updates / R2K in the News
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 8, 2011 · Last modified July 27, 2016
The following article was published in the Cape Argus THE NELSON Mandela Foundation has stepped in to try to resolve the impasse over the Protection of Information Bill. The foundation will hold a meeting...
Campaign Updates / R2K in the News
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 6, 2011 · Last modified July 27, 2016
The following article was published in Times Live Cosatu’s vocal opposition to the Protection of Information Bill was applauded by the Right2Know campaign on Wednesday. Protesters voiced their objections to the Protection of Information...
Campaign Updates / R2K in the News
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 6, 2011 · Last modified July 27, 2016
Campaigners to Challenge Info Bill 27 May 2011 9:45 Published in The South African Rights campaigners on Thursday said they would ratchet up a campaign to prevent the ruling party from ramming the current...
Campaign Updates / R2K in the News
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 6, 2011 · Last modified July 27, 2016
ANC Calls for Delay on Info Bill Published in News 24 2011-06-03 14:43 Cape Town – ANC MPs on Friday called for an extension of the looming deadline to complete drafting the protection of...
Campaign Updates / R2K in the News
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published June 6, 2011 · Last modified July 27, 2016
The following article was published in Business Live Secrecy bill committee ‘not guaranteed extra time’ There is no guarantee that the ad-hoc committee deliberating the controversial Protection of Information Bill will be given more...
Campaign Updates / Right to Communicate / Right to Protest / Secrecy Bill
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published February 17, 2011 · Last modified April 8, 2019
…not five people in masks! The Parliamentary Communication Services has issued a statement condemning the Right2Know’s behaviour as “particularly unseemly” and threatening to apply the “full might of the law” against our supporters. This...
Campaign Updates / R2K in the News
by The Right2Know Campaign · Published February 11, 2011 · Last modified July 27, 2016
The Right2Know campaign added a new voice to organised civil society when it formally constituted itself at a summit in Cape Town last week, according to Glenda Daniels in the M&G. Non-governmental and community-based...
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