R2K’s Alternatives to Privatised Telecommunication
In South Africa, as in much of the rest of the world, telecommunication services are concentrated in a handful of monopolistic private companies that reap massive profits at the expense…
R2K Report on Surveillance of Journalists in South Africa
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Gender of household head and the digital divide in South Africa’s settlements
This September 2017 study by Pashapa, Tapfuma and Rivett, Ulrike finds that technology plays a significant role in bridging gender gap in labour market outcomes. The paper investigates gender differential…
R2K’s New Terrains of Privacy in South Africa
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The Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill
The Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill is currently before Parliament. The Bill aims to: Give effect to the obligations in terms of the Constitution and…
The Internet and Monopoly Capitalism
from the Monthly Review by Daniel Auerbach and Brett Clark Without question, the Internet has had a profound influence on the world. As with most technologies, debates rage over whether this development has…
Feminist Principles of the internet
The Feminist Principles of the Internet are a series of statements that offer a gender and sexual rights lens on critical internet-related rights. Find the Principles and relate resources here:…
Zenzeleni: Do it Yourself (An Introduction to Community Telecoms Networks)
The booklet tells the story of Zenzeleni Networks Mankosi, a village co-operative that came together to build and maintain its own telecommunications network and offer affordable communications to the people in rural…
R2K’s Big Brother Exposed – surveillance of activists
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R2K’s Activist Guide to the Right2Communicate
This Activist Guide covers the following: The history of the right to communicate in South Africa: why does the communications landscape look the way it does?The current state of the right to…