Big ‘Tsek: Surveillance and public space in Johannesburg
Comrade Murray Hunter's 2022 Ruth First Lecture: "Big 'Tsek: Surveillance and public space in Johannesburg" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHEfwSKJcKU
Universal Service Obligations for spectrum to be auctioned
ICASA has published the Universal Service Obligations fo the successful bidders in the upcoming spectrum auction in the Government Gazette of 10 December 2021. According to the Overview (1.7) government…
Digital Profiteers: Who Profits Next from Social Grants
The new frontier of the ‘digital welfare state’ poses new opportunities for corporations to profit from the data gathered from South Africa’s social grant system. This is a threat to…
The Pegasus Precedent: India’s Supreme Court strikes the latest blow on mass surveillance
by Murray Hunter, Alt.Advisory. Introduction Last month, the Supreme Court of India ordered an independent inquiry into whether the state used Pegasus spyware to spy on its citizens. The judgment,…
FES’s Making ICT Policy in Africa: An Introductory Handbook
The Making ICT Policy in Africa: An Introductory Handbook was developed for fesmedia Africa by Altadvisory.africa to facilitate and contribute to ongoing efforts towards the development of ICT policies in Africa and it…
Covid-19 and Surveillance in SA — Report.org.za
Final-draft-of-popular-version-of-report-11-July-2021Download
Competition in the Global Economy
The Competition Commission of South Africa's 2020 report on Competition in the Global Economy. According to Webber Wentzel: The Competition Commission (Commission) has called for comments by 5 October 2020,…
R2K’s People’s Tech for People’s Power: A Guide To Digital Self-Defense & Empowerment
Written by Michael Kwet for the Right2Know Campaign Peoples-Tech_August-2020Download
Report: Mapping Digital Rights and Online Freedom of Expression in East, West, and Southern Africa
Media Defence's report on Mapping Digital Rights and Online Freedom of Expression in East, West, and Southern Africa offers an in-depth study analyses each region and each country, and is ideal…
The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms
The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms was published in to promote human rights standards and principles of openness in Internet policy formulation and implementation on the continent. The…