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FILE: The SABC headquarters in Johannesburg. Picture: Supplied

Right2know campaign

R2K Campaign set to take legal action to stop job cuts at SABC

By Eyewitness News

It has warned that the public broadcaster’s restructuring plans would affect some of the country's marginalised official languages.

  • FILE: The SABC headquarters in Johannesburg. Picture: Supplied.

    R2K Campaign slams SABC board for going ahead with retrenchments

    R2K, which has spoken strongly against the retrenchment process, said the broadcaster’s restructuring plans would affect a number of marginalised official languages.

    580 days ago
  • FILE: The SABC headquarters in Auckland Park. Picture: SABC.

    Right2Know Campaign urges SABC to look at other ways of generating income

    The public broadcaster announced earlier this week that it would forge ahead with retrenchments that could potentially affect more than 400 full-time staff in a bid to ensure the entity’s sustainability.

    641 days ago
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    Rica ruling a victory but more must be done to repair damage, say rights groups

    Judge Roland Sutherland ruled that the act that allowed the state to tap the phones of South Africans and monitor internet signals was unconstitutional.

    1066 days ago
  • FILE: Red Ants evict residents of a block of flats on Harrison Street in Jeppestown. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Right2Know calls for Red Ants to be permanently banned

    Last month, the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority announced it was investigating "the alleged callous demolitions of homes" by the security and eviction firm in Alexandra, Johannesburg.

    1139 days ago
  • FILE: DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach pictured in court on 1 March 2016. Picture: EWN

    Breytenbach pulls out of race to lead NPA

    Democratic Alliance (DA) Member of Parliament Glynnis Breytenbach says she's pulled out of the race to lead the body because she wants it to be depoliticised.

    1373 days ago
  • Miners sing songs of remembrance on the Koppie in Marikana. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

    No 'concrete evidence' of gunfire exchange between Marikana miners, police

    Thursday, 16 August, will mark exactly six years since 34 striking mineworkers were gunned down in the North West.

    1463 days ago
  • Picture: Freeimages.com

    R2K urges public to join fight against data prices

    The group says it welcomes Icasa's intervention but is disappointed that the prices of data are not cut.

    1571 days ago
  • FILE: Former State Security Agency head Arthur Fraser in Parliament ahead of Scopa meeting on 7 December 2017. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    Right2Know calls for massive clean-up of State Security Agency

    State Security Agency director-general Arthur Fraser has been accused of running his own parallel security operation and employing family members.

    1588 days ago
  • FILE: Former president, Jacob Zuma, responding to questions in the National Assembly on 2 November 2017. Picture: GCIS

    Jacob Zuma’s resignation welcomed

    The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation's Neeshan Balton says Zuma's resignation was long overdue.

    1645 days ago
  • This file photo shows R2K members protesting in solidarity with the Marievale community at SANDF in Marievale, Lenasia and Pretoria, on 13 December 2017. Picture: instargram.com

    Right2Know protests over Marievale community's eviction from military base

    The organisation has labelled the evictions of over 600 people last year as illegal.

    1661 days ago
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    #DataMustFall: Mobile operators given deadline to respond to demands

    Right2Know picketers gathered at the headquarters of MTN, Vodacom, Cell C and Telkom on Tuesday, saying that data prices in the country are exorbitant compared to other parts of the continent.

    1793 days ago
  • FILE: Party lists at the IEC Centre in PTA West. Picture: EWN

    Advocacy groups want transparency around private party donations

    Parliament’s inquiry into political financing is holding public hearings this week.

    1828 days ago
  • FILE: Black First Land First leader Andile Mngxitama. Picture: Facebook.com.

    BLF to continue targeting ‘pro-white monopoly capital’ journos

    Sanef has applied for a court interdict against the group in an attempt to stop the group from further harassing journalists.

    1871 days ago
  • FILE: Hlaudi Motsoeneng. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN

    Right2Know Campaign welcomes ruling on Motsoeneng

    The Western Cape High Court found the SABC board had failed to uphold the Constitution and ignored the Public Protector's findings.

    2073 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of Communications Faith Muthambi. Picture: GCIS.

    Right2Know calls for Muthambi's head over alleged interference in SABC affairs

    The ad hoc committee investigating the SABC board heard how Faith Muthambi allegedly undermined SABC’s independence.

    2076 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of State Security David Mahlobo. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Mahlobo must go, says civil organisation Right2Know

    A documentary reported how a self-confessed rhino poacher boasted that Minister David Mahlobo is a regular at his Mpumalanga spa.

    2098 days ago
  • FILE: A Saps member walks close to his shield during sporadic running battles between police and #FeesMustFall supporters at Wits University on 11 October 2016. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    ‘Security officers on campuses not trained to deal with violent protests’

    PSiRA participated in the Right2Know campaign’s open discussion on the use private security at universities.

    2134 days ago
  • Members of the Right2Know Campaign protest in the Johannesburg CBD on 28 September 2016. Picture: Masego Rahlaga/EWN.

    R2K Campaign: SABC has been 'captured' by looters

    The NGO led nationwide protests after Hlaudi Motsoeneng was re-appointed to an executive position.

    2149 days ago
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