Podcasts about right2know

Africa is joined by Sithembiso Khuluse, National Programmes Coordinator at Right2Know to reflect on Cyril Ramaphosa being re-elected as ANC President and how MPs in Parliament will react to the news. The President won a second term as ANC president, beating off rival Dr Zweli Mkhize for the position.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Non Profit Organisation, Right2Know Campaign has staged a picket outside the offices of the National Prosecuting Authority in Pretoria in protest against the non-prosecution of the police officers who shot and killed 34 striking Lonmin Mine workers on 16 August 2012. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Right2Know's Sthembiso Khuluse, he is the National Programs Coordinator

Media watchdogs groups are calling for reports of possible political interference at the SABC to be properly investigated. This follows the sacking of the public broadcaster's head of news, Phathiswa Magopeni. Magopeni's dismissal follows a disciplinary hearing which found her guilty of failing to prevent the broadcast of an interdicted Special Assignment episode. Magopeni has been given until midday today to hand over all SABC property in her possession. She has however expressed an intention to challenge her dismissal. For more on this here is Co-Founder of the Right2Know campaign, Dr Dale Mckinley...

Civil Society organisation Right2Know (R2K) Campaign picketed at the Union Buildings, in Pretoria, on Wednesday to demand that spies who have illegally infiltrated civil society organisations are held accountable. In 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa publicly released a redacted version of a High-Level Review Panel Report on the State Security Agency (SSA) which revealed that there were a wide range of ‘rogue' spying on and in some cases infiltrating civil society organisations, unions, student movements, and the media. The panel, led by Dr Sydney Mufumadi, found that former President Jacob Zuma and Ministers he appointed, including Siyabonga Cwele and David Mahlobo, as well as senior staff at the SAA, violated the Constitution by overseeing and allowing the repurposing of the spy agency to serve their own personal and political interests - a process that started in 2005. R2K Campaign said the report's recommendations have yet to be implemented. “Subsequent to the release of the report, albeit a redacted version, we have consistently been calling for the implementation of the recommendations as outlined in the report. It is worrying that two years after the release of the report no one has been held to account so far and the implementation of the recommendations remains stalled,” it said. Former Minister of State Security Dipuo Letsatsi-Dube assured South Africans in 2019 that those who had been implicated would be held accountable. “In demanding justice and ensuring that the spies that were implanted to illegally infiltrate our movement, the Right2Know Campaign will be embarking on a picket action today at the State President's office to demand that the spooks be unmasked and held accountable. We will not rest until all those implicated, from the highest level, are brought to book to account for their illegal spying on and infiltration of our movement and others,” Right2Know Campaign said.

With the November 2021 South African local government election predicted to be the most competitive yet, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has implemented a strict code of conduct and ramped up its focus on disinformation. Political parties can be heavily fined and even have their inclusion in the process revoked if the code is breached. Breaches include prohibitions on intimidation, the spreading of false information and plagiarism. Speaking to Radio Islam International, Lazola Kati from Right2Know, a Disinformation Project coalition partner, explained that the coalition's work would inform, educate, monitor, report, and assess and understand.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Friday that the Political Party Funding Act will come into effect from 1 April.The Act regulates public and private funding of political parties. And will require parties to disclose donations and their donors to the Independent Electoral Commission. Thami Nkosi is Right2Know's Advocacy Organiser See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse organisasie sonder winsbejag, Right2Know, het gedreig met regstappe teen die SAUK oor beplande afleggings. Woordvoerder Thami Nkosi sê die openbare uitsaaier het ‘n grondwetlike mandaat om die land ingelig te hou. Nkosi sê die organisasie doen ‘n beroep op die SAUK om getrou te bly aan die mandaat om die mense in die land te dien en nie om werkers af te lê nie:

The Right2KNow Campaign has called on the SABC to find other sources of funding rather than letting workers bear the brunt of mismanagement of the past administration. The organisation says it is concerned that the dispute between the public broadcaster management and unions has escalated to the point of a looming strike. This as the Communication Workers Union has served the SABC management with a 48 hour notice to strike. Meanwhile, Labour union BEMAWU has applied to the Labour Court to interdict the retrenchments.

Kosmos 94.1 — Die Suid-Afrikaanse organisasie, Right2Know, sê President Cyril Ramaphosa se besluit om die omstrede Geheimhoudingswetsontwerp terug te verwys na die parlement is ‘n reuse-deurbraak vir die burgerlike samelewing. Ramaphosa sê hy is bekommerd oor die grondwetlikheid van die wetsontwerp. Die wetgewing is in 2013 aan die Presidensie voorgelê. Alison Tilley van die organisasie sê hulle het van die begin af ernstige probleme met die wetsontwerp gehad.

Kanthan Pillay chimes in with his opinion on the old South African flag debate. The team discuss the situation between Donald Trump and Denmark. The Hong Kong protests are still topical, and Kanthan seems to believe that they are being orchestrated by a third party. Thami Nkosi from the Right2Know campaign also joins in to discuss the arms deal. Nando's

Kanthan Pillay chimes in with his opinion on the old South African flag debate. The team discuss the situation between Donald Trump and Denmark. The Hong Kong protests are still topical, and Kanthan seems to believe that they are being orchestrated by a third party. Thami Nkosi from the Right2Know campaign also joins in to discuss the arms deal. Nando's

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has reviewed and set aside the findings of Seriti commission. The commission cost the tax payer about R140 million. Civil organisations, Right2Know and Corruption Watch argued that Judge Willie Seriti's 2016 findings misled the public by exonerating politicians and public servants in wrongdoing during the arms deal saga. R2K says it believes the commission was selective in choosing who would testify or present evidence. Handing down judgement, Judge President Dunstan Mlambo said that the commission failed to probe certain pieces of crucial evidence. We speak to Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services spokesperson Chrispin Phiri, Corruption Watch's lawyer Caroline James and Independent writer and Researcher and Political Activist,Dr Dale Mckinley

Jacaranda FM — Right2Know’s Thami Nkosi says it is unacceptable that they are still being allowed to operate and that their suspension should stand in full until the committee has come to a decision.

The High Court in Pretoria will today hear an application by civil society organisations, Corruption Watch and Right2know - to review and set aside the findings of the Seriti Commission. The Commission was set up in 2011 by then Justice Minister, Jeff Radebe to investigate allegations of fraud, corruption, impropriety or irregularity in the Strategic Defence Procurement Packages. In 2016, the commission's report was released by former President, Jacob Zuma. It found that there was no proof of fraud and bribery in the multi-billion rand arms deal.

The Right2Know campaign says it welcomes changes promised by the Minister of State Security Letsatsi-Duba, to reform the State Security Agency, and improve oversight over the 'spooks'. R2K says such changes are long overdue, alleging that South Africans have seen securocrats run amok, spying on activists, whistleblowers and journalists, while hiding behind secrecy, and engaging in widespread corruption. The Right2Know campaign also says it is shocking that the Minister has sought to revive the Cybercrimes & Cybersecurity Bill, which promises to regulate social media and criminalise messages which the state deems to be 'fake news'. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to National Coordinator of the Right2Know campaign, Murray Hunter

Thousands of members affiliated to labour federation SAFTU are marching across the country to highlight their dissatisfaction with government's proposed 20-rand per hour minimum wage and amendments to the labour laws. The marchers have been making their way through the streets of major cities such as Johannesburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Bloemfontein and Durban amongst others. The EFF and Right2Know have also expressed solidarity with the march, encouraging members to join the march. We started by speaking to our reporter in Johannesburg Amina Accram.

Die koue oorlog tussen die direkteur-generaal van die Staatsveiligheidsagentskap, Arthur Fraser, en die inspekteur-generaal van Intelligensie, Dr Sethlumamaru Dintwe, sal dringend deur President Cyril Ramaphosa ondersoek moet word. Die is die mening van die DA en die burgerregte-organisasie, Right2Know, wat vra dat Ramaphosa vir Fraser in die pad moet steek. Dit volg na bewerings deur Dintwe dat Fraser hom intimideer en dreig in die uitvoer van sy werk, wat 'n ondersoek teen Fraser behels. Malixole Gwatyu berig…

The Right2Know Campaign is marching to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein on Friday morning, to challenge apartheid-era Intimidation Act. The non-profit advocacy organisation says it is doing this in solidarity with two cases of activists, General Alfred Moyo and former Marikana Women's Group leader Primrose Sonti, who is now a Member of Parliament. The Activists wants the court to declare a section of the Act unconstitutional because they say it violates freedom of expression. R2K Outreach Organiser, Bongani Xezwi spoke to Sakina Kamwendo....

Verskeie nie-regerings organisasies het kragte saamgesnoer om 'n Ekonomiese Misdaad Tribunaal te stig. Die tribunaal sal kyk na ekonomiese misdade wat nie na behore ondersoek is nie. Die tribunaal beoog om hulle eerste sitting in die verband reeds teen November te hou. Carina Conradie van die Right2Know veldtog, wat deel is van die Tribunaal, sê ander rolspelers is Corruption Watch, die Stigting van Menseregte, en Open Secrets.

Home Affairs has 14 working days to respond to a list of concerns raised by civil right group Right2Know regarding the newly-introduced Smart Card IDs. The organization alleges the biometric information contained in the new cards is a form of monitoring people and could also compromise their personal information. Right2Know supporters yesterday (Tuesday) marched to the Home Affairs offices in Pretoria to hand over a memorandum of complaints. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Home Affairs DG, Mkhuseli Apleni.

Law enforcement agencies in South Africa are spying on over 70-thousand mobile phones every year, according to statistics by the Right2Know campaign. The non-profit advocacy organisation today released statistics from MTN, Vodacom, Cell C and Telkom that show that government accesses tens of thousands of people's sensitive communications information every year using a loophole in South Africa's surveillance policies. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Murray Hunter, Who is an organizer for the South African Right2Know Campaign focusing on securitization...

CliffCentral.com — On the one hand, President Zuma and his government made up of Dlamini, Mahlobo, Zwane, etc. is a democratically elected government that represents the will of the people. On the other hand, these very politicians are leading from crisis to crisis with no sense of accountability. Even the so-called Chapter 9 institutions seem powerless. Andrew and Rori explore the sense of powerlessness they feel as citizens and ask Nomaceba Mbayo from Right2Know and Rafael Friedman from the Helen Suzman Foundation what citizens can do to claim their power back.

The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) wants the State Security Minister David Mahlobo to explain exactly what his department's relationship is with the SABC. This follows evidence that emerged during the SABC 8 submission in parliament that the government spies were brought into the SABC building to investigate staff members that were suspected of being whistle-blowers. The Interim Coordinator for R2K Media Freedom & Diversity Focus Group, Jayshree Pather, joins us on the line to tell us more.

Established in 2010, the Right2Know Campaign has championed the cause for South Africans' access to information.  Busi Mtabane from the Right2Know Campaign speaks to #NightTalk's Lovelyn Nwadeyi about the work the campaign has done. 

CliffCentral.com — Is the SABC censoring the news or taking control of the national narrative? The media is often criticised for only focusing on the "negative" and SABC, for one, appears to have decided to change that through an editorial policy that has been labelled as censorship. Media Freedom Organiser at Right2Know, Micah Reddy, joins Rori to help explain whether what the SABC is doing is censorship.

As the country prepares to migrate from analogue to digital terrestrial television (DTT), there are rising concerns that poor households would not be able to afford set top boxes despite government subsidy. The Right2Know Campaign and the SOS Coalition will be protesting for free Set-Top Boxes outside the Universal Service& Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) today (sic). Government has committed to completing the migration process by next June. Sekoetlane Phamodi, SOS coalition coordinator tells us more