South Africa: No to State of Emergency Regulations!

press release

R2K is outraged to see confirmation that a government task team has been working in secret to draft new 'State of Emergency' regulations - effectively to create pre-conditions for a future clampdown on public life in South Africa. Today the Right2Know Campaign is demanding that the relevant government departments bring this information to light, through a series of information requests that we are making using the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA).

There is no such thing as a 'good' State of Emergency. But the draft regulations that are circulating are especially draconian. (Download them here.)

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