The Right2Know Campaign has been allowed to join a court case against Engen, which used the Regulation of Gatherings Act to ban protests outside its Durban refinery
Engen will oppose the application by civil rights nonproft Right2Know to be a friend of the court in the precedent-setting case
Food apartheid is causing increasing rates of noncommunicable diseases among low-income black women
Boris the BabyBot has been dreamt up by researcher and writer Murray Hunter, who focuses on surveillance and data privacy
The White House is considering an ‘event management cost’ which is not that different from Joburg’s ‘planning costs’ for protests
The Right2Know campaign’s application was approved, setting a precedent for transparency in the process
Right2Know has filed an urgent court application to compel President Ramaphosa to make job interviews for the next NDPP public
The advocacy group says the premier must release the documents within 30 days or give valid reasons why he cannot
The metro’s bid to control meetings and its purchase of armoured vehicles angers activists
The Right 2 Know Campaign took their Data Must Fall protests against data charges outside service providers MTN and Vodacom early Tuesday morning.
The FSB appears to have upped its game as the extent of unpaid benefits emerges and public scrutiny and pressure intensify.
Advocacy: We join Right2Know’s letter to the National Assembly speaker, calling for urgency on appointing an Inspector General for Intelligence.
The state and the press are still head to head in the name of freedom of expression.
Members and supporters of the Right2Know campaign rallied in the Cape Town and vowed to take back Parliament for the South African public.
Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko has been given 30 days to hand over the national key points list to the Right2Know Campaign and SA History Archive.
The Right2Know Campaign has published its annual barometer of secrecy in SA. Its findings: we know too little to know how much trouble we are in.
R2K and SOS have written to SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala to ask her whether she invoked the National Key Points Act as a warning to staff.
Despite positive changes to the Protection of State Information Bill, a "culture of secrecy" in the South African public service still poses a threat.
Organisations opposed to the Protection of State Information Bill have vowed to continue resisting the contentious draft legislation.
The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) and the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef)’s submissions to the National Council of Provinces.
MEDIA FREEDOM: ANC-driven public participation process on the Secrecy Bill could be a move to sideline Parliament.
The ANC’s NEC meeting was given an unscheduled presentation on the Information Bill shortly before it was unexpectedly withdraw earlier this week.
amaBhungane welcomes withdrawal of controversial law
Sanef is among the key players not asked to attend parliamentary discussion on transformation.
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If passed, the Secrecy Bill will help to mask the corrupt activities of those in government. The fight to stop the Bill just got harder.
ANC as keen as ever to suppress media freedom.
Whistle-blowers and journalists can still be criminalised, even though concessions have been made to the Secrecy Bill.
What Jimmy Manyi’s ultimate fantasy could look like
Parliament on Thursday extended the life of the ad hoc committee on the Protection of Information Bill.
A three-pronged attack by the government comes as self-scrutiny increases.
Cosatu’s opposition to the Protection of Information Bill has been applauded by the Right2Know campaign.
The decision to force through anti-democratic secrecy laws marks a striking retreat from SA’s post-1994 legislative tradition.