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Uncover secrets, Right2Know public meeting
The Right2Know campaign, launched in August 2010 to stop the Protection of Information Bill currently in Parliament and to advance the right to access information across society, will hold a public meeting in the Mowbray town hall, Cape Town, on Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 9am-4pm.
Communities, organisations and individuals are encouraged to make a public submission about information that they are struggling to access from government or the private sector. Groups in the Western Cape are already lining up to make testimonies about the secrecy in their community, with topics ranging from political party funding and Eskom pricing to housing development and service delivery.
After submissions have been made, all groups will have a strategic discussion on how they can work within the campaign to get access to the information they need.
To attend, email Tinashe (az.gro.k2r@nimda) by Monday 18 April. For more information, call provincial coordinator, Nkwame Cedile on +27 (0)78 227 6008 or go to www.amandla.org.za.
For more:
- Bizcommunity special section: special focus on South African media freedom
- Bizcommunity special section: special focus on African media freedom
- Bizcommunity Twitterfall: #ZAmediafreedom
- Twitter Search: ZAmediafreedom
- Press Council of South Africa: Help make journalism in South Africa better
- Press Council of South Africa: Public hearings information to be found in There are no degrees of free speech
- Right2Know: www.right2know.org.za, @r2kcampaign, #right2know and Facebook page
- MediaMattersZA: @MediaMattersZA and page [a Media Monitoring Africa initiative]
- Keep South Africa's Media Free: @safreemedia, #safreemedia and Facebook group
- Free African Media: www.freeafricanmedia.com, @AfricanMedia, #freeafricanmedia and Facebook page [a Daily Maverick initiative]
- SANEF: Media Freedom
- Avaaz.org petition: South Africa: democracy at risk
- Freedomhouse.org: Freedom in the world
- Google News Search: Protection of Information Bill media appeals tribunal
- Google Blog Search: Protection of Information Bill media appeals tribunal
