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ARMS DEALS

Right 2 Know granted permission to picket at arms deal commission

After Tshwane police declined the rights group’s request to picket during Trevor Manuel’s arms deal testimony, a high court has given it the go-ahead.

  • Sarah Evans
1 min read
ARMS DEAL COMMISSION

R2K files urgent appeal to picket outside arms commission

Right2Know has filed an urgent appeal in the Pretoria high court after being refused permission to protest outside the arms procurement commission.

  • Sarah Evans
2 min read
The issue of party funding has come to the fore following the DA/Agang fallout. We ask Right2Know and amaBhungane why party funding remains a secret.
AGANG

Is it time for political party funding to become an election issue?

The issue of party funding has come to the fore following the DA/Agang fallout. We ask Right2Know and amaBhungane why party funding remains a secret.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
NADINE GORDIMER

Gordimer and the secrecy Bill: Gag the mouth and block the ears

Human consciousness demands open expression in order to deal honestly with our world, writes Nadine Gordimer.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
A report by a group of civil society organisations has found that there is a worrying shift towards more secretive practices on the part of government.
FARANAAZ PARKER

ConCourt action will be secrecy Bill activists’ last resort

Experts agree that if the secrecy Bill is enacted into law, either opposition parties or the public will contest the law at the Constitutional Court.

  • Nickolaus Bauer
  • Faranaaz Parker
6 min read
NC committee chairperson Rasiriti Tau denied the department was trying to bulldoze the committee and said the process was one of “engagement”.
MEDIA FREEDOM

Secrecy Bill U-turn ruined by bad drafting

Small changes to the wording of the concession on the public interest defence would fix defects on the Secrecy Bill, writes Stefaans Brmmer.

  • Stefaans Brummer
7 min read