Advocacy: AmaB approaches Nugent on Sars using tax law against journalists
Press release.
Advocacy: AmaB approaches Nugent on Sars using tax law against journalists
Press release.
Advocacy: Media welcome Constitutional Court ruling on party funding
Media is now calling for greater transparency in the Political Party Funding Bill.
Advocacy: AmaB wins access to information battle over Gupta Waterkloof landing
Judge Tati Makgoka of the high court in Pretoria described the DoD’s delays and failures to respond as “unpardonable’” and “unconscionable”.
Advocacy: AmaB challenges snooping law
Press Release
Advocacy: amaBhungane joins international campaign for politicians’ tax transparency
Are MPs paying their fair share of tax?
Advocacy: Report shows continued non-compliance with PAIA
PAIA is a powerful tool in the hands of investigative journalists, and the media in general.
Advocacy Update: Victory for amaB and civil society in push for nuclear transparency
Parliament’s energy portfolio committee briefing on the procurement of nuclear power stations will be open.
Advocacy: Courts hand two info rights victories to amaB in a day
The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism obtained two court judgments on Thursday, May 12, solidly reaffirming the public’s right to know and journalists’ right and duty to research and publish […]
Advocacy: Company shareholders’ information: Privacy vs public’s right to information
A potentially precedent-setting dispute on the right to access information on unlisted firms’ shareholdings came before the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Advocacy: Unqualified public access to the ownership of companies is a vital tool in the fight against corruption, and is vital to upholding transparency.
AmaBhungane joins Supreme Court appeal for company ownership transparency.
Advocacy: DoE claims nuke procurement details classified
Advocacy: Energy department refuses access-to-info request; amaBhungane to appeal
Advocacy: New call to lift veil on IGI appointment
Advocacy: AmaB and partners urge spy watchdog selection be restarted in full view of public
Advocacy: Victory for open justice
AmaBhungane hails supreme court judgment on right to access court records
Advocacy: AmaBhungane joins open justice challenge
Civil society organisations have intervened in a court dispute in order to protect people’s right to access South African court records
Advocacy: Missing Zimbabwe election documents, missing accountability
The loss of the Khampepe report is a high-profile instance of what is becoming a common occurrence in our courts and in government departments.
Advocacy: AmaBhungane’s current Nkandla court efforts explained
In an interview with Dagbreek amaBhungane’s advocacy co-ordinator explains the status of our legal battles to gain access to Nkandla-related documents
Advocacy: High court orders CSR E-loco to reveal tender details
A high court order in favour of M&G’s investigative centre amaBhungane has beaten down CSR E-loco’s attempt to dilute corporate transparency.
Advocacy: The dangers of criminalising defamation
The recent conviction of a journalist shows how the law can be used to muzzle freedom of expression.
Advocacy: ConCourt: Likely next step for secrecy Bill
Three years later, the Protection of State Information Act is vastly better than when it was tabled but it still does not pass constitutional muster.
Advocacy: Finding truth in a culture of secrecy
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