Right2Know releases its 'Secret State of the Nation' report

[Mark Weinberg (Right2Know)]

FACT: The number of places in South Africa protected by the National Key Points Act, an apartheid-era secrecy law, has increased by 54% in 5 years. 

Today Right2Know releases its 'Secret State of the Nation' report, highlighting the state of secrecy and openness in South Africa today.

In it, we find:

* The use of the National Key Points Act has increased dramatically

* Secret party funding is booming and is likely to double between the 1999 and 2014 elections

* 2 out of 3 formal requests for information in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act are refused

View the report here: www.r2k.org.za/2013/02/17/secret-state-of-the-nation-report/

For comment:

R2K National: Murray Hunter, 072 672 5468

R2K Gauteng: Dale McKinley: 072 429 4086

R2K Western Cape:  Nkwame Cedile, 078 227 6008

R2K KZN: Desmond D’Sa, 083 982 6939