AmaBhungane advocacy coordinator Karabo Rajuili recently addressed the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on draft regulations for the Political Party Funding Act. She focused on sections of the Act that impact the free flow of information and freedom of the media.
AmaBhungane advocacy coordinator Karabo Rajuili recently addressed the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on draft regulations for the Political Party Funding Act. She focused on sections of the Act that impact the free flow of information and freedom of the media.
At the heart of the problem is the country’s main communication surveillance law, the Regulation of Interception of Communications Act (Rica).
AmaBhungane’s constitutional challenge to SA’s surveillance law RICA in court.
In written submissions, amaBhungane has urged parliament to amend the PIC Act to allow for public access to records of the PIC’s investment decisions.
The current Companies Amendment Bill revision offers an “ideal opportunity” to include a beneficial ownership disclosure.
Quintal is the Africa Program coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and an amaBhungane board member.
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Media is now calling for greater transparency in the Political Party Funding Bill.
Judge Tati Makgoka of the high court in Pretoria described the DoD’s delays and failures to respond as “unpardonable’” and “unconscionable”.
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Are MPs paying their fair share of tax?
PAIA is a powerful tool in the hands of investigative journalists, and the media in general.
Parliament’s energy portfolio committee briefing on the procurement of nuclear power stations will be open.
The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism obtained two court judgments on Thursday, May 12, solidly reaffirming the public’s right to […]
A potentially precedent-setting dispute on the right to access information on unlisted firms’ shareholdings came before the Supreme Court of Appeal.
AmaBhungane joins Supreme Court appeal for company ownership transparency.
Advocacy: Energy department refuses access-to-info request; amaBhungane to appeal
Advocacy: AmaB and partners urge spy watchdog selection be restarted in full view of public
AmaBhungane hails supreme court judgment on right to access court records
Civil society organisations have intervened in a court dispute in order to protect people’s right to access South African court records