Amabhungane Advocacy

An asset manager, VBS Mutual Bank and a Namibian bank have put the retirement funds of 26 000 municipal workers in South Africa at risk

amaBhungane has obtained two court judgments that solidly reaffirms the public’s right to know and journalists’ right and duty to publish information.

Unqualified public access to the ownership of companies is a vital tool in the fight against corruption, and is vital to upholding transparency.

Advocacy: We join Right2Know’s letter to the National Assembly speaker, calling for urgency on appointing an Inspector General for Intelligence.

Advocacy: Energy department refuses access-to-info request; amaBhungane to appeal

Advocacy: AmaB and partners urge spy watchdog selection be restarted in full view of public

AmaBhungane hails supreme court judgment on right to access court records

amaBhungane has always been preoccupied with the protection of reporting space from being closed off by official secrecy and official surveillance.

Civil society organisations have intervened in a court dispute in order to protect people’s right to access South African court records

The loss of the Khampepe report is a high-profile instance of what is becoming a common occurrence in our courts and in government departments.

In an interview with Dagbreek amaBhungane’s advocacy co-ordinator explains the status of our legal battles to gain access to Nkandla-related documents

A high court order in favour of M&G’s investigative centre amaBhungane has beaten down CSR E-loco’s attempt to dilute corporate transparency.

The recent conviction of a journalist shows how the law can be used to muzzle freedom of expression.

Three years later, the Protection of State Information Act is vastly better than when it was tabled but it still does not pass constitutional muster.

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