Secrecy Bill: Clash of Laws Looms
The latest draft still makes for a messy clash of laws on access to state documents, warn analysts Analysts say the Protection of State Information Bill (Secrecy Bill) has been rewritten to general,...
View ArticleR2K Protests Against Secrecy Bill
The Right2Know Campaign launches its ‘Camp-Out for Openness’, week-long gathering of teach-ins, picketing and screenings in Cape Town The Right2Know (R2K) Campaign has launched its ‘Camp-Out for...
View ArticleKasrils Slams the Information Bill
Former intelligence minister tells a group of protestors outside Parliament that there are too many things going wrong in the country Former Intelligence Minister, Ronnie Kasrils, has told a group of...
View ArticleANC Adopts Secrecy Bill Final Draft
The ANC adopts the final draft of the Secrecy Bill as opposition parties stage a walk-out in protest The African National Congress (ANC) has adopted the final draft of the Protection of State...
View ArticleActivists Vow to Challenge the Secrecy Bill
The R2K warns it will launch a constitutional challenge to the Secrecy Bill if it is signed into law without further amendments The Right2Know Campaign has warned it will launch a constitutional...
View ArticleNewsmaker of the Year Award for R2K
The R2K campaign has been voted Johannesburg Press Club 2012 newsmaker of the year The Right2Know (R2K) campaign has been voted Johannesburg Press Club 2012 newsmaker of the year. Accepting the award...
View ArticleR2K Protest Against the Secrecy Bill
The R2K protest in opposition to the Protection of State Information Bill, which was passed on 25 April 2013 The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) has protested outside Luthuli House, the African National...
View ArticleMPs Vote in Favour of Information Bill
189 members of parliament vote in favour of the Secrecy Bill, 74 against it and one member abstains from voting The Protection of State Information Bill (Secrecy Bill) has been passed by Parliament...
View ArticleZuma Will Not Comment on POIB
President Zuma will not comment on issues surrounding the Protection of State Information Bill until he has formally received it, says Maharaj The Presidency says that President Jacob Zuma will not...
View ArticleZuma to Receive Secrecy Bill
The Right2Know Campaign says that President Jacob Zuma will receive the Secrecy Bill this week The Right2Know Campaign says that President Jacob Zuma will receive the Protection of State Information...
View ArticleNGO Urges Zuma Not to Sign Info Bill
SANEF urges President Zuma not to sign the Protection of State Information Bill in its current form The South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) has urged President Jacob Zuma not to sign the...
View ArticleSANEF: Info Bill Must Go to ConCourt
SANEF calls for the Information Bill to be sent to the Constitutional Court for ratification before it is signed into law The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) calls for the Protection of...
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