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R2K’s Secret State of the Nation report – with infographics
Download R2K's SECRET State of the Nation Report as a PDF (800kb) Introduction: Addressing SA’s climate of secrecy The R2K Secret State of the Nation report shows that 2013 will be a critical year for...
View ArticleParty-funding: Voters should demand the right to know political financiers!
A version of the following opinion piece appeared in The Cape Times and The Star on 11 February 2014: The front-page report in the Sunday Independent that billionaire Natie Kirsh may be the ‘mystery...
View ArticleEndorse the call for party funding transparency and regulation!
R2K has endorsed this letter to South Africa’s major political parties, calling for them to disclose their private donors. (For those seeking to distract from the importance of this call, most if not...
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R2K Gauteng: Panel discussion on party funding secrecy
An expert panel discussion on why we don’t know who funds our political parties, why it’s important, and what you can do about it. We will be hosting a panel of experts for a discussion on why we...
View ArticlePolitical parties refuse to disclose funding
In March, R2K was one of over 60 organisations who joined My Vote Counts in writing to 14 political parties demanding to know that their ordinary ballots will not be outweighed by the bank balances of...
View ArticleMVC goes to court over party-funding secrecy
Statement from My Vote Counts: Secrecy is not in the vocabulary of the Constitution. Yet this is how political parties deal with their finances. Despite political parties taking “centre stage” in our...
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R2K’s 2014 Secret State of the Nation report – with infographics
Introducing R2K’s 2014 Secret State of the Nation Report Today the Right2Know Campaign releases its 2014 ‘Secret State of the Nation’ report, a snapshot study of trends, patterns and challenges with...
View ArticleStatement: R2K Campaign supports MVC legal challenge: Voters have a right to...
R2K supports the Constitutional Court case brought by My Vote Counts (MVC) to challenge Parliament to pass a law to require political parties to disclose their funders. The case, which will be heard on...
View ArticleR2K statement on the public’s right to know where political parties get their...
The Right2Know Campaign is extremely disappointed at today’s Constitutional Court judgement, which recognises the public’s right to know where political parties get their money – but falls short of...
View ArticlePolitical party funding: R2K says voters have the right to know!
R2K supports the ongoing struggle for transparency on political party funding. Voters have the right to know who funds who. My Vote Counts (MVC) has announced that it will approach the High Court to...
View ArticleR2K Conference Paper: Why we need to tackle secret deals in local politics...
Stop the secret deals: why we need to tackle secret deals in local politics and government This paper is authored by Michael Marchant, a researcher with the OpenSecrets.org.za project, on behalf of the...
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R2K submission to Parliament on the Funding of Political Parties
GRAPH: Estimated funding of political parties [R2K Secrecy Report, 2013] Political party finances: the public’s right to know R2K submission to Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of...
View ArticleR2K calls for Parliament to end secret funding of political parties
On Tuesday 15 August, R2K will call on Parliament to end the climate of secrecy around political parties’ finances. On Tuesday afternoon, R2K will make present its submission to Parliament’s committee...
View ArticleR2K supports My Vote Counts at the Constitutional Court
On Tuesday 13 March, Right2Know will support My Vote Counts at the Constitutional Court to continue to demand transparency on political party funding. The voters have the right to know! On Tuesday...
View ArticleR2K submission on the Political Party Funding Bill
8 June 2018 To: Dikgang Stock Chairperson Ad Hoc Committee on Political Party Funding National Council of Provinces Parliament of Republic of South Africa. Parliament Street, Cape Town PO Box 15, Cape...
View ArticleR2K Statement: Parliament must do more to boost transparency in party politics!
On Friday 08 June, Right2Know made a submission to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Parliament’s Political Party Funding Bill to call for more to be done to ensure full transparency in the...
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R2K CELEBRATES MYVOTE COUNTS’ VICTORY IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT!
R2K celebrates the judgment of the Constitutional Court which has affirmed that the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) is constitutionally deficient for failing to provide for the recording,...
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Sign party fund Bill, Cyril
This article below was published by M&G. Letters 10 Aug 2018 00:00 When President Cyril Ramaphosa signs the Political Party Funding Bill, the public will know who political parties get their funds...
View ArticleStatement: R2K welcomes the signing of the Political Party Funding Act.
The Right2Know Campaign welcomes the signing of the Political Party Funding Act as a victory for transparency and the voters’ right to know. This is a long-overdue step towards a more transparent and...
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R2K Statement on Reports on CR17 Campaign Financing!
President Cyril Ramaphosa celebrating his victory with former President, Jacob Zuma and ANC deputy secretary-general, Jessie Duarte. PHOTO: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko The Right2Know Campaign welcomes the...
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