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Stop the Secrecy Bill in 2012!
Right 2 KnowThe Secrecy Bill remains a threat to the free flow of information that feeds South Africa's democracy. You can check out this page for a summary of the current problems with the Secrecy Bill, as well as a link to the R2K founding statement, R2K Freedom Test, and a recent presentation that unpacks the current version of the Secrecy Bill in some detail.
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3 Week Documentary Workshop in Cape Town
Take a workshop with Barefoot and make a difference in the world by using your knowledge together with HD technology. Create skills that will allow you to continue making positive change anywhere and everywhere. This class is structured for individuals who are interested in mixing travel, social activism, and HD documentary filmmaking into three weeks in Cape Town.
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Print Projects

Maintenance Posters
Maintenance PostersBright Media has developed animated episodes to help new applicants to apply for and enforce maintenance orders through the maintenance courts (which are at every magistrate courts). Find out more by watching Mama M take you through the process of application, court appearance and enforcement of the orders. Thanks to the Open Society Foundation for the funding for the pilot project and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development for their support.
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GCE Posters & Leaflets
GCE PosterDid you know that there are 23 Million children who are not in school right now? Find out more from the Global Campaign for Education. Bright Media developed the Big Lesson film to develop greater awareness of the need for governments to meet their promises in sending every child to school. On the 23rd April 2008, take part in the World’s Biggest Lesson. Go back to school, and raise awareness of those who are not able to go to school.  Join up now!
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Research

New Strategy for South African Higher Education
This is the first Strategic Plan tabled in the National Assembly by the new Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). It represents considerable work undertaken by a department that is in the process of being established.
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Study Criticises Laptops for Children Scheme
The "One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) scheme, which has sent over a million US$100 laptops to children in the developing world, has been criticised by researchers who found that, unless they are introduced with care, they become little more than distracting toys in the classroom. 
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