The proposed repeal and amendments to laws such as the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) are grossly inadequate and far from meeting regional, continental, and international benchmarks and best practice.
The recently gazetted Freedom of Information Bill (FOI Bill) is one such law as it has serious deficiencies in its framing and efforts to be constitutionally compliant in terms of Section 62 of the Constitution that provides for the right to access to information. Read more on the PDF below