Do you need an Access to Information manual? What is it anyway? The Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) says that all public and private bodies in South Africa need to create a manual that contains, amongst other things: [...]
Yes, the PAIA manual deadline was 31 December 2021. You may have received an alarming email warning you to submit your PAIA manual or risk landing up in jail. December 2021 has passed and you're wondering whether you need [...]
The information regulator has published a regulator PAIA manual template for both a public and a private body. The regulator is trying to help organisations create a manual themselves quickly and easily without having to pay a service provider [...]
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services has once again exempted most organisations from having to compile a PAIA manual. The Minister has decided to exempt certain private bodies "from compiling the Manual contemplated in section 51(1) of PAIA...". [...]
The access to information book was published by LexisNexis in May 2016. The book is written by Ronée Michelle Robinson. Access to information is based on the right to access to information in South Africa. The book focuses on [...]
