Short description
A detailed commentary on South Africa's freedom of information legislation - The Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000.
Long description
This is an commentary on South Africa's freedom of information legislation – The promotion of access to information act 2 of 2000. Though it shares a number of features with freedom of information legislation in many other countries, the Promotion of Access to information act is without precedent in its general applicability to the private sector. The Commentary deals with both public and private sector aspects of the Act, and draws wherever possible on the jurisprudence interpreting similar legislation in Canada, Asutralia, Ireland, New Zealand and the USA. It explains the procedures for requesting access to information, the grounds which permit or require requests to be refused in certain circumstances and the enforcement mechanisms available under the act.