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 democrats across the world to contact President Zuma and appeal to him to stop the Secrecy Act and either return the …
CAPE TOWN – The Right2Know (R2K) Campaign is preparing to stage a protest march in Cape Town on Wednesday,calling for more affordable cellphone and internet rates. This is part of the campaign’s efforts to bring down the cost of communication in the country. The campaign’s Murray Hunter said, “People have the means to access information …
Cape Town – RIGHT2KNOW is to launch their latest campaign on Wednesday. They want cellphone companies to provide “free basic and affordable airtime and (internet) data for all”. The campaign will be launched at a march from the Cape Town International Convention Centre to Vodacom, on the Foreshore, and then to Parliament from 9am. On …
South Africans pay some of the most expensive rates in the world for cellphone and data charges. Now a civil society group is taking on the big cellphone companies. The Right2Know organisation says that exorbitant cellphone charges are barring many South Africans from accessing their basic right to communicate – and that companies like MTN …
The Right 2 Know campaign are claiming that cellphone companies are making staggering profits on SMS’s and that South Africa “has the sixth highest mobile phone charges in the world”. Vodacom’s Richard Boorman says the claims “hold no water” as they do not factor in “network and infrastructure” costs, which include a “myriad of other …
The Irish owners of Independent News and Media South Africa have now approved the sale of the company to the Sekunjalo consortium bringing the deal one step closer to fruition. The Right2Know Campaign has written to the Competition Commission calling for full disclosure of the names of members and financiers of the Surve consortium that are poised to take control …
Members of US Congress: We write as a coalition of civil society organizations from around the world to express our serious alarm regarding revelations of Internet and telephone communications surveillance of US and non-US citizens by the US government. We also wish to express our grave concern that US authorities may have made the data …
An estimated 82.9% of people living in SA have a cell phone that can enable them to access information, enjoy freedom of expression – and organise for social justice as active citizens. Yet the high cost of airtime and data undermines the democratising potential of the mobile network. The Right2Know is launching a campaign to …
The recent decision by the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, to review the constitutionality of the National Key Points Act is both welcome and long overdue. The Act, a relic of the apartheid era, contains wide secrecy provisions that contradict the spirit of openness that our Constitution demands. Its anti-gathering provisions have been employed throughout …
Tonight (Thursday 16 May) the Right2Know Campaign will be holding a vigil outside President Zuma’s Durban residence calling on him not to sign the Secrecy Bill into law. The vigil will take place form 6pm to 8pm outside the Presidents residence on Morningside Road. The Right2Know Campaign called on all freedom-loving South Africans and democrats across the …