African National Congress Forces Secrecy Bill a Step Closer to Secrecy Law
Late last night in Parliament the African National Congress (ANC) used its numerical majority to force the Secrecy Bill one step closer to becoming a Secrecy Law. Members of the NCOP ad hoc committee...
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 protestThe 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 amendmentsThe Right2Know Campaign has warned it will launch a constitutional...
View ArticleSecrecy Bill Closer to Becoming Law
The ANC drives final amendments to the Protection of State Information Bill through the National Council of Provinces amid protestThe African National Congress drives final amendments to the Protection...
View ArticleConstitutional Court Last Resort - R2K
The Right2Know Campaign, which continues to opposing the Secrecy Bill, says their last resort is the Constitutional CourtThe Right2Know Campaign, a civil society organisation opposing the Protection of...
View ArticleNewsmaker of the Year Award for R2K
The R2K campaign has been voted Johannesburg Press Club 2012 newsmaker of the yearThe 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 2013The 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 votingThe Protection of State Information Bill (Secrecy Bill) has been passed by Parliament with...
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 MaharajThe Presidency says that President Jacob Zuma will not...
View ArticlePetition the President: Stop the Secrecy Bill!
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...
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