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KwaZulu-Natal shows that leukaemia is 24 times higher here than anywhere else in the country. Half the schoolchildren in the area suffer from asthma.

Rights group wins court bid against Engen

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

Restricted: The South Durban Basin Community Development Trust is challenging the Gatherings Act, arguing that it contradicts sections of the Bill of Rights, which includes the right to protest. (Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)

Durban smokestacks back in court

Engen will oppose the application by civil rights nonproft Right2Know to be a friend of the court in the precedent-setting case

Basic income support also helps boost investment aimed at improving nutrition, healthcare, housing and transport, the report adds. (Ricardo Rojas/Reuters)

Low-income black women hardest hit by noncommunicable diseases

Food apartheid is causing increasing rates of noncommunicable diseases among low-income black women

‘Boris the Baby Bot’: The little book about big data (Photo Archive)

‘Boris the Baby Bot’: The little book about big data

Boris the BabyBot has been dreamt up by researcher and writer Murray Hunter, who focuses on surveillance and data privacy

In South Africa, the unanimous ConCourt ruling found section 12(1)(a) of the Regulation of Gatherings Act unconstitutional. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ConCourt judgment a step forward for activists, but Joburg still has ‘protest fees’

The White House is considering an ‘event management cost’ which is not that different from Joburg’s ‘planning costs’ for protests

Ramaphosa has a deadline to appoint former NDPP Shaun Abrahams’s successor by December 19 after the Constitutional Court declared his appointment invalid earlier this year. (David Harrison/M&G)

High court orders NDPP interviews open to media

The Right2Know campaign’s application was approved, setting a precedent for transparency in the process

Acting NDPP Silas Ramaite and Democratic Alliance MP and former prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach are among those who have reporte?dly been shortlisted for the job. A total of 12 candidates have been shortlisted. (GCIS)

Court asked to order Ramaphosa to allow media coverage of NDPP interviews

Right2Know has filed an urgent court application to compel President Ramaphosa to make job interviews for the next NDPP public

Oby Ezekwesili says she decided to pull out after ‘extensive consultations with leaders from various walks of life across the country over the past few days’. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)

Right2Know requests Moerane Commission report be made public

The advocacy group says the premier must release the documents within 30 days or give valid reasons why he cannot

This is the type of military vehicle the eThekwini metro plans to buy so that metro police can control riots in Durban

Fortress eThekwini

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.

#DataMustFall: Right 2 Know campaign protest against high data charges

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.

Unpaid pensions saga hots up

The FSB appears to have upped its game as the extent of unpaid benefits emerges and public scrutiny and pressure intensify.

Baleka Mbete insists that her ­decision to ask the EFF to leave Parliament was not motivated by her ANC affiliation.

Civil society urges National Assembly to appoint suitable watchdog for the spies

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

Free speech remains a mote in Africa’s eye

The state and the press are still head to head in the name of freedom of expression.

Juliet Plaatjies

Take back parliament for the people, declares R2K

Members and supporters of the Right2Know campaign rallied in the Cape Town and vowed to take back Parliament for the South African public.

Former Police Minister, Nathi Nhleko. File photo

Police minister ordered to hand over national key point list

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.

Secret state of SA: Too many unknowns

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 was outraged that the show was being cancelled before its second season could be aired.

R2K, SOS write to SABC board over national key point ‘threat’

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.

The spy cables reveal little about the President. There are justified fears that they will be used to drive through the “secrecy” Bill.

‘Culture of secrecy’ still a threat to state transparency

Despite positive changes to the Protection of State Information Bill, a "culture of secrecy" in the South African public service still poses a threat.

There is little to celebrate the state of the of access to information in South Africa

Right2Know: Secrecy Bill remains draconian, flawed

Organisations opposed to the Protection of State Information Bill have vowed to continue resisting the contentious draft legislation.

Under the Bill

What’s still wrong with the Secrecy Bill

The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) and the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef)’s submissions to the National Council of Provinces.