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[[File:Freedom of Panorama protest in South Africa 2023 01.jpg|thumb|Wikimedia South Africa and friends during the Right2Research in Africa conference calling for Freedom of Panorama in South Africa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, 2023. The statue of Nelson Mandela is censored out so as to comply with a lack of a Freedom of Panorama Claus in SA law.]]
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From January 23 to January 27, 2023, Wikimedia ZA representatives attended a Week of Debates on Copyright and Access to Knowledge in Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa. WMZA was an organizing partner in this event. The goal of these discussions was to advocate for openness in research through advocacy and education. To advance Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data in Africa. 

Policymakers, academics, and activists from across the African continent, as well as African researchers, legal experts, and intergovernmental organisations, gathered to network, share ideas, thoughts, and suggestions, and ask questions. One of the key questions asked include “Do African researchers have access to the data they need?” and “ Does copyright law help or hinder the Right to Research?”. 

This concluded by acknowledging the fact that answering these questions requires the very latest computational research methods. We need to mine information from research sources and databases all over the world. 

The Right to Research Coalition and its members work to educate the next generation of researchers, administrators, and policymakers about the benefits of open research while also advocating for progressive policies at the local, national, and international levels.

*Read the full article: [[Right to Research : Copyright and Access to Knowledge 2023|Right to Research: Copyright and Access to Knowledge 2023]] 

*Read the article on Dif: [https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/30/we-are-second-class-citizens-on-the-internet-how-copyright-reform-in-south-africa-can-serve-the-free-knowledge-movement-globally/ We Are Second-Class Citizens on the Internet”: How Copyright Reform in South Africa Can Serve the Free Knowledge Movement Globally] (30 March 2023) by Franziska Putz.