Access to environment information is being blocked, reveals report
A report by the Centre for Environmental Rights has found that government bodies and companies are blocking requests for information.
Latest secrecy Bill draft still clashes with Paia
The Protection of State Information Bill has been rewritten to general relief, but the latest draft still makes for a messy clash of laws.
ANC backtracks on key info Bill clauses
The ANC's concessions on the secrecy Bill have further reduced the threat posed to whistle-blowers and the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
'Secretive' department must come clean
The department of mineral resources has promised to streamline the system for public access to information after it initially didn't comply.
Taxpayers dish out R10m for 'private' exhibition
The department of arts and culture has allegedly spent R10-million on an exhibition at the Venice Biennale it called a "private initiative".
Rasool's 'brown envelope' report released
The report into a "brown envelope" scandal involving former Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool and two journalists has been released.
Paia affects access to fracking report, says minister
Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu has argued that Paia prevents access to draft reports, minutes and research of her fracking task team.
Zim judgment a cause for concern
Should we trust the government's bona fides when it says it has good reason to keep information from us?
Rulings leave freedom of expression in lurch
Freedom of expression has suffered two body blows in the Protection of State Information Bill and the Malema Equality Court ruling.
'Spooks are everywhere'
Media freedom in South Africa has decreased markedly since 2008, a watchdog says.
Power corrupts, absolutely
Information is fundamental to all human rights and the 'Secrecy Bill' defies the constitutional right to access to information.
Judgment reserved in M&G bid to access Zim report
There is an "evidentional void" in the Presidency's argument it could not release a report on the 2002 Zimbabwe elections, the Concourt has heard.
Krejcir accesses deportation report
Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir is gathering material for his pending application to be granted asylum as a "political refugee".
The elusive Ministerial Handbook
In recent years the Ministerial Handbook has been held up as putting an official stamp on the spending habits of ministers.
M&G wins battle for Zim election report
The M&G won its lengthy court battle to obtain a copy of a report commissioned by former president Thabo Mbeki on Zimbabwe's 2002 elections.
MPS grapple with harmonising information laws
MPs are expected to spend the coming weeks trying to harmonise the contentious Protection of Information Bill with liberal post-apartheid laws.
Information Bill like 'apartheid-era legislation'
Sections of the proposed protection of information legislation are reminiscent of apartheid-era secrecy laws, according to an intelligence expert.
Sunlight, not secrecy
The M&G's two court victories a significant boost for Access to Information Act.
Anorexic affidavits
The Promotion of Access to Information Act does not apply to records of the Cabinet and its committees, the Presidency argued on Tuesday.
