Advocacy

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Advocacy comment: Proposed electoral law rolls back voting transparency — for no clear gain

The Electoral Laws Amendment Bill, intended in part to protect voters’ personal information, will restrict access to the voters’ roll and the information contained in it. The gains are negligible compared with the cost: a potential threat to democracy itself.

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Advocacy comment: Why amaB is challenging liquidation inquiry secrecy

AmaBhungane has approached the high court on an urgent basis to access a “section 417” inquiry into the collapse of Paramount Combat Systems, an armoured vehicle manufacturer that forms part of an international – and politically connected – group.

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Advocacy comment: Beneficial ownership disclosure is indispensable in the fight against procurement ‘hyenas’

That there are opportunists who will look at a global tragedy and see only a chance to defraud the public purse underscores an urgent need: we must know who these people are. We need beneficial ownership transparency in procurement.

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Advocacy release: amaB and partners ask president to broaden grounds for parliamentary review of Secrecy Bill

The president has sent the Bill back to Parliament, concerned about its constitutionality. We applaud the decision, but ask for a more fundamental relook.

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Comment: Should journalists do advocacy?

An investigative outfit with an advocacy programme may raise eyebrows. But amaBhungane has scored major wins for transparency and free speech.

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Comment: Should journalists do advocacy?

An investigative outfit with an advocacy programme may raise eyebrows. But amaBhungane has scored major wins for transparency and free speech.

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Advocacy comment: AmaBhungane fights for media access to courts under lockdown

Lockdown shouldn’t have to mean 'locked out': amaBhungane champions keeping courts accessible to the media in the time of Covid-19.

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Advocacy: New privacy rules for Covid-19 tracking a step in the right direction, but …

Murry Hunter and Cherese Thakur
April 3, 2020

After the vague and worrying policy on phone-tracking, officials have tightened the regulations significantly. But let’s see what comes out of the oven.