PAI Act 2000 Archives

Exercising public power: Legal thresholds not met

by GilesFiles | Mar 26, 2024 | 2020 onwards, Applications, Bill of Rights, Causes and defences, Central, Condonation, Costs, Courts, Declaratory, Evidence & onus, Government, High Court, High Court judges, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Legal Practice, Legality principle, Legislation, Orders, PAJA 2000, Parties, Review tests, Rules Codes & Manual, Sectors, State organs, Statutory, Topics | 0 |

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Disclosure of personal records: Need to redact?

by GilesFiles | Mar 7, 2024 | 2020 onwards, Appeals, Appeals - leave, BC and HOAs, Bill of Rights, Causes and defences, Community schemes, Costs, Courts, Declaratory, Disallowed, General, High Court, High Court judges, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Relations, Legal Practice, Legislation, Orders, Parties, Rules Codes & Manual, SDJ Wilson, Sectors, Selected judges, Statutory, Topics | 0 |

Montrose Mews Body Corporate v Moela NO Does PAIA apply to application by BC member ito Management Rule 26(2) for disclosure of personal records? “22 In sum, it would be truly perverse to encumber specific statutory rights...

Funding political parties: Right to an informed vote

by GilesFiles | Jun 21, 2018 | 2018, 2018, Access to information, Bill of Rights, CCMA awards, ConCourt judges, Constitutional Court, Courts, JC Froneman, Judges, Landmark judgments, Legislation, MTR Mogoeng, Personal Information, Public policy, Topics | 0 |

My Vote Counts NPC v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services The constitutional court’s unanimous judgment on funding political parties is important in many respects and will surely give rise to an informed debate...

Accessing information: PAIA and ‘reasonably required’

by GilesFiles | Jun 7, 2017 | 2017, Access to information, Courts, Judges, Legal Practice, Legislation, philosophy / economics, Supreme Court of Appeal, Topics | 0 |

Mahaeeane v Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (SCA85/16) [2017] ZASCA 90; [2017] 3 All SA 458; [2017] JOL 38035 (SCA) (7 June 2017) per Gorven AJA (Maya AP and Fourie AJA concurring; Molemela and Mbatha AJJA dissenting) Accessing...

Non-appointment to post: Access to information

by GilesFiles | May 18, 2017 | 2017, Access to information, Courts, High Court, Legislation, Personal Information, Provincial, Sectors, Topics | 0 |

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Accessing interview results: Municipal manager

by GilesFiles | Dec 22, 2016 | 2016, Access to information, Bill of Rights, Causes and defences, Courts, High Court, High Court judges, Judges, Legal Practice, Legislation, Municipal, Municipal managers, Parties, Personal Information, Sectors, Topics | 0 |

On the application of a person applying for the position of municipal manager, the high court ordered the prospective employer to pay the costs of the application and to provide the applicant with: reasons for not appointing him...

Constitutional obligation: PAIA must be challenged

by GilesFiles | Sep 30, 2015 | 2015, Access to information, Bill of Rights, Constitutional Court, Courts, Edwin Cameron, Judges, Legislation, Personal Information, philosophy / economics, Topics | 0 |

My Vote Counts NPC v Speaker of the National Assembly (CCT121/14) [2015] ZACC 31 (30 September 2015) The minority judgment, written by Cameron J (with Moseneke DCJ, Froneman J and Jappie AJ concurring) held that the...

Forensic report privileged: Nature and extent

by GilesFiles | Sep 8, 2015 | 2015, 2015 and earlier, Access to information, Causes and defences, Courts, High Court, High Court judges, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Landmark judgments, Legal Practice, OL Rogers, Parties, Sectors, Topics, Universities and schools | 0 |

Du Toit v Stellenbosch University (10332/2014) [2015] ZAWCHC 126 (8 September 2015) per O Rogers J. In terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 the High Court compelled the University to provide a forensic...

Access to information: compliance defeats appeal

by GilesFiles | Nov 21, 2012 | 2014 and earlier, 2015 and earlier, Access to information, Courts, Judges, Landmark judgments, Legislation, MJD Wallis, Municipal, Personal Information, SCA judges, Sectors, Supreme Court of Appeal, Topics, Words & phrases | 0 |

Qoboshiyane NO v Avusa Publishing Eastern Cape (Pty) Ltd (864/2011) [2012] ZASCA 166; 2013 (3) SA 315; [2013] JOL 30408 (SCA) (21 November 2012) per MJD Wallis JA. An MEC obtained a report into maladministration in a...

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