Monthly Archive: March 2011
Right2Know activists banned from ParliamentNine activists from the Right2Know campaign have been barred from entering the Parliamentary precinct today. The R2K activists had intended to join other members of the public in monitoring a...
The following article was published online by BizCommunity.com As the tension between the ANC-led government and media continues to simmer over the state’s threat to establish a media appeals tribunal (MAT), and other ‘bullying’...
Marchers threat to boycott election March 22 2011By Jauhara Khan INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERSSeveral organisations used Human Rights Day to voice their dissatisfaction with the eThekwini municipality, accusing it of violating human rights by failing to...
“What information should be made public to improve everyday life in South Africa?” Every day we meet ordinary South Africans who do not have access to information that they need, whether it’s city planners...
The Right2Know Campaign welcomes the South African Press Council’s proactive efforts to review and strengthen their mechanisms for ensuring excellence in journalistic practice and ethics in South Africa. We recently made a submission to...
As a way to carry forward the struggle aganist secrecy, 62 delegates representing civil society organisations, community groups and social movements from the three provinces gathered together for the Right2know Campaign’s first national summit....
The Right2Know (R2K) campaign wishes to express its support for the World Social Forum (WSF) Declaration of the Assembly on the Right to Communication, Dakar made on February 11, 2011. Information is power, but...
The Right2Know campaign has been alerted that a motion will come before the National Assembly on Thursday that will see the Protection of Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) being dragged back into consideration. Parliamentarians...
The Right2Know campaign fully endorses Equal Education’s memorandum of 21 March 2011, to be submitted to President Zuma and the Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga at a mass rally on Human Rights Day....