The Copyright Amendment Bill has been passed by the National Assembly but is still awaiting the signature of the president
The court held that sections of the law providing for absolute taxpayer secrecy posed an unconstitutional limitation on the right to information and gave parliament two years to correct this
The commodification of the internet is an infringement of poor people’s constitutional right to access information
Government departments and public bodies continue to talk the talk of making information accessible, but do not provide it.
Avoidance and refusal have become default settings in government as requests for more information are routinely ignored.
While smartphones are beginning to invade the mass market, an equally big divide remains. Arthur Goldstuck writes about the cost of access to data.
The US first lady addressed a group of Peking University students while on a tour of China to build goodwill through soft diplomacy.
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela on Monday rejected a request from the media to investigate the state’s arguments on the info Bill.
Several hundred delegates from about 50 African countries gathered in Cape Town in September to adopt a declaration on access to information.
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/ 10 February 2010
If you lived in an oil-rich country like Angola, you would certainly want to have transparency in the mining contracts signed by your government.