Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu has argued that Paia prevents access to draft reports, minutes and research of her fracking task team.
Should we trust the government’s bona fides when it says it has good reason to keep information from us?
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/ 23 September 2011
Freedom of expression has suffered two body blows in the Protection of State Information Bill and the Malema Equality Court ruling.
Media freedom in South Africa has decreased markedly since 2008, a watchdog says.
Information is fundamental to all human rights and the ‘Secrecy Bill’ defies the constitutional right to access to information.
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.
Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir is gathering material for his pending application to be granted asylum as a "political refugee".
In recent years the Ministerial Handbook has been held up as putting an official stamp on the spending habits of ministers.
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/ 17 December 2010
The <i>M&G</i> won its lengthy court battle to obtain a copy of a report commissioned by former president Thabo Mbeki on Zimbabwe’s 2002 elections.
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/ 12 November 2010
MPs are expected to spend the coming weeks trying to harmonise the contentious Protection of Information Bill with liberal post-apartheid laws.
Sections of the proposed protection of information legislation are reminiscent of apartheid-era secrecy laws, according to an intelligence expert.
The <i>M&G</i>’s two court victories a significant boost for Access to Information Act.
The Promotion of Access to Information Act does not apply to records of the Cabinet and its committees, the Presidency argued on Tuesday.
Zuma’s office claims the president should be exempt from the Access to Information Act.
Two sections of the Promotion of Access to Information Act are contradictory and unconstitutional, lawyers for Stefaans Brümmer said on Tuesday.
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/ 13 November 2008
What can be done to ensure that SA’s failing public agencies fulfil their constitutional and legal obligation to service information requests?