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03 February 2012
See the revised amendments to the secrecy bill public hearings schedule.   
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31 January 2012
The South African Special Investigations Unit is to submit a PAIA request to obtain records of conversations between Faiek Davids and Leonard McCathy   
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31 January 2012
Using the Promotion of Access to Information Act, SAHA has obtained documents from SANRAL which demonstrate that public consultation on the Gauteng e-tolling system was inadequate.   
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31 January 2012
A review of the materials released to SAHA by the Department of Education based on the 2011 State of the Nation Address   
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30 January 2012
The South African public have a chance to offer amendments to the secrecy bill.   
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25 January 2012
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex participants are empowered to use PAIA.   
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24 January 2012
State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele has implied that continued opposition to the secrecy bill is uninformed and misplaced.   
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16 January 2012
Over 18,000 police firearms lost or stolen from 2005 to 2011.   
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13 January 2012
European Parliament takes steps to improve access to information held by the European Union   
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13 January 2012
Member of parliament for Gaborone Central in Botswana, Dumelang Saleshando tables the Freedom of Information Bill of 2011.   
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03 January 2012
The exemption from the requirement that private bodies produce PAIA manuals has been extended to 31 December 2015.   
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20 December 2011
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) formed an integral part of negotiating an end to apartheid and the beginning of a democratic South Africa. Twenty years on the records of that event are publicly accessible.   
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15 December 2011
Secrecy bill raises concern over South Africa's presence on the Open Government Partnership steering committee   
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15 December 2011
Crime statistics reveal trends of decreased violence but highlight problems tied to financial and drug crimes.   
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15 December 2011
Local leaders use PAIA to bring positive change to their community.   
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15 December 2011
The controversial Vlakplaas masterminds may soon be free should their parole application be approved. By law, they are now eligible.    
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07 December 2011
The Make Aid Transparent campaign recently encouraged donor states and organisations to improve the efficiency of their aid by publishing their contributions to the developing world.   
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07 December 2011
The Associated Press shows that access to information laws are not functioning properly in most states around the world.   
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30 November 2011
SAPS releases plans for 2009 to 2014 that aim to improve racial and gender equity within the force.   
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25 November 2011
Several key groups release their plan of attack aimed at toppling the contentious secrecy bill.   
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24 November 2011
International news sources, facebook, and twitter shed light on South Africa's controversial secrecy bill   
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23 November 2011
Yesterday, 22 November, the National Assembly passed the Protection of State Information Bill.   
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23 November 2011
The passing of the Secrecy Bill in South Africa is in stark contrast to the surge in the acknowledgement of the right to information elsewhere in Africa.   
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22 November 2011
Pending vote on the secrecy bill heats up the debate on freedom of information in South Africa   
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22 November 2011
Following the passing of the "secrecy bill" in parliament on Tuesday, those opposed to it deemed the day Black Tuesday - equating it to Black Wednesday where the apartheid government shut down three publications for exposing its dirty work.   
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18 November 2011
To the astonishment of right to know activists the Secrecy Bill returned to the National Assembly on Wednesday.   
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15 November 2011
Media law specialist criticizes South African freedom of information laws at recent awards ceremony   
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14 November 2011
Secrecy bill debate scheduled despite lack of public consultation   
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29 October 2011
The Open Government Partnership is seeking input on a draft policy on the disclosure of information.   
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29 October 2011
The PAIA CSN has released a review of the Promotion of Access to Information Act based on its members' experience with the law.   
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27 October 2011
The PAIA Civil Society Network has released its parliamentary submission indicating the effect of the Secrecy Bill on PAIA.   
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07 October 2011
New studies have ranked South Africa 12th in an analysis of ATI laws and 13th in implementation.   
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29 September 2011
Speakers at the National Information Officers Forum hosted by the SAHRC on Right to Know Day discussed the challenges associated with the implementation of the right to information in South Africa.   
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28 September 2011
On 28 September 2011, the 9th annual Right to Know Day was celebrated around the globe.    
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28 September 2011
On Right to Know Day, 28 September, the PAIA Civil Society Network released a report detailing the practical experiences of users of the South African access to information legislation.   
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28 September 2011
Edited by Kate Allan, this publication reflects upon the work SAHA has done around testing the parameters of South Africa’s freedom of information legislation.   
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20 September 2011
The ANC announced on 19 September that the Secrecy Bill had been withdrawn from the National Assembly for further consultation.   
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19 September 2011
The African Platform on Access to Information Declaration was signed on 19 September.   
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09 September 2011
SAHA reaches out to the LGBTI sector on PAIA matters.   
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01 September 2011
The ANC members of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Secrecy Bill have proposed that the Bill override the right to information in PAIA.   
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01 September 2011
The Deputy Minister for Public Service and Administration is calling for submissions on the Open Government Partnership (OGP) process.    
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29 August 2011
The Rwandan Minister for Cabinet Affairs today described access to information as a tool that can be used to achieve poverty reduction, food security and economic development.   
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29 August 2011
On 25 August 2011 SAHA and the South African Human Rights Commission began the first of a series of capacity building sessions on access to information in Diepsloot.   
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29 August 2011
South Africa is falling behind its African and international counterparts in providing accessible processes for obtaining information.   
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15 August 2011
On Saturday 13 August 2011 approximately 700 people attended a Right2Know rally at the Wits Great Hall to express their opposition to the Protection of Information Bill.   
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08 August 2011
On 13 August 2011 the Right2Know campaign will host a rally and march against the Protection of Information Bill in Johannesburg.    
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01 August 2011
The Visual History Archive (VHA) has developed a new user friendly geo-spatial and temporal archive platform that provides unprecedented access and context to archival material concerned with the history of apartheid and the liberation struggle in Souther   
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13 July 2011
On Monday 11 July 2011 Talk Radio 702's Redi Tlhabi hosted a round table discussion on the Protection of Information Bill   
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13 July 2011
On 7 July 2011 the Make Aid Transparent campaign delivered a petition calling for greater transparency in aid to the OECD Working Party on Aid Effectiveness.   
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13 July 2011
The Faster FOIA Act is currently before the United States House of Representatives and if passed will establish a Commission to consider strategies for addressing time delays currently experienced in obtaining access to information.   
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30 June 2011
The first sub-regional consultation on the draft model law on access to information for African Union member states was held in Maputo from 28 June to 30 June 2011.   
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27 June 2011
Developments continue with the drafting of the contentious Protection of Information Bill, with several notable concessions recently being made by the ANC.   
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24 June 2011
There have been several developments in recent months which have furthered the promotion of access to information laws in Africa.   
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17 June 2011
On 16 May 2011, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression released a report acknowledging the internet as a fundamental human right.   
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30 May 2011
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has gazetted draft regulations for the payment of reparations to victims of apartheid from the Presidents Fund.   
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24 May 2011
15 May 2011 commemorated the launch of CODESA 2. To mark the occasion, the Freedom of Information Programme has launched a series of strategic PAIA requests.   
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23 May 2011
The Special Rapporteur for freedom of expression and access to information in Africa is requesting comments on a draft model access to information law for African Union member states   
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17 May 2011
To commemorate World Information Day on 17 May 2011, SAHA reflects on the state of internet freedom in South Africa.   
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12 May 2011
On 12 May 2011 SAHA were forced to lodge a complaint with the Public Protector against the Makana Municipality's continued failures in terms of PAIA.   
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04 May 2011
As the world celebrated Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2011, SAHA has noted with concern some declines in the state of press freedom in South Africa.   
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14 April 2011
The PAIA Unit at the DOJCD still refuses to comply with Minister Radebe's instructions in September 2009 to release a usable copy of the TRC Victim's Database to SAHA in terms of PAIA.    
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08 April 2011
On 08 April 2011 the Constitutional Court handed down judgment in the case of The Citizen and Others v McBride.    
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29 March 2011
On 21 March 2011, SAHA and the Right2Know Campaign celebrated Human rights Day at a special event held in Sebokeng.   
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24 March 2011
Access to information of documents arising from the European Council, Parliament and Commission is under threat by new regulation.   
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28 February 2011
On 24 February 2011 SAHA co-hosted a dialogue forum in relation to access to information in South Africa with the Nelson Mandela Foundation.   
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28 February 2011
The Freedom of Information Programme successfully launched their new PAIA DVD and Workshop Guide in February.   
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17 February 2011
As uprisings spread through the Arab nations, the role of information in this discontent should be reflected on.   
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31 January 2011
SAHA will launch new PAIA educational tools in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg on 11, 16 and 18 February 2011, respectively.   
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28 January 2011
On 24 January 2011 a call for public comment on an amendment to PAIA was published in the Government Gazette.   
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28 January 2011
The Right2Know Campaign is continuing to resist the passing of the Protection of Information Bill, which has been revealed to be applicable to 1 001 organs of state.   
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19 January 2011
On 19 January 2011 the Freedom of Information Programme joined the call on the European Parliament to adhere to its commitment to advance access to information at the EU.   
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15 December 2010
On 14 December 2010 judgment was delivered in the Supreme Court of Appeal in a case where the Mail & Guardian were seeking release of the Khampepe-Moseneke report from the Presidency in terms of PAIA.   
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14 December 2010
In February 2011, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, in conjunction with the Robert Sobukwe Foundation and SAHA, will be hosting the launch of an exhibition on Robert Sobukwe, and a dialogue forum on access to information.   
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10 December 2010
On the occasion of the 60th International Human Rights Day, SAHA hosted the launch of the Truth Commission Special Report Multimedia Product at the Ramparts at Constitution Hill, accompanied by an exhibition comprised of numerous SAHA collections.    
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10 December 2010
On 10 December 1996 Nelson Mandela signed the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa into law.   
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30 November 2010
FOIP has recently published a new and comprehensive PAIA Workshop Guide to assist training in the utilisation of PAIA.   
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30 November 2010
SAHA, in conjunction with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), is launching its multimedia product on 9 December, with an accompanying exhibition at the Ramparts at Constitution Hill.    
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12 November 2010
A coalition of NGOs for transitional justice (including SAHA) have developed pro-forma letters that may be used by persons wishing to lodge an objection to a proposed presidential pardon.   
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26 October 2010
Demonstrate your opposition to the Secrecy Bill and protect your right to know by participating in Right2Know Campaign marches in Cape Town and Durban.   
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22 October 2010
On 18 October 2010 the Department of Justice released a list of 149 criminals currently being considered for a presidential pardon.   
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22 October 2010
On 19 October 2010 approximately 600 people took part in a march to Constitutional Hill against the Protection of Information Bill.   
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15 October 2010
On 19 October 2010, SAHA and other members of the Right2Know Campaign will be leading a march from outside the University of Witwatersrand, Jorissen Street to Constitutional Hill.   
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29 September 2010
On 28 September 2010 the world celebrated Right to Know Day. In South Africa, the day was marked by the hosting of the National Information Officers' Forum at the Sunnyside Park Hotel in Johannesburg.   
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23 September 2010
On 15 September 2010, the Right2Know campaign was officially launched in the Gauteng region.   
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15 September 2010
On International Day of Democracy, SAHA assesses how, in its short life, South African democracy has been challenged, and how important it is to remember a time when social equality could not be taken for granted.    
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12 September 2010
Black Consciousness Movement leader, Steve Biko, died of head injuries sustained under mysterious circumstances while in detention on 12 September, 1977.   
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12 September 2010
Anton Lubowski, Namibian human rights advocate and executive member of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO), was assassinated by the Civil Cooperation Bureau on 12 September 1989.    
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10 August 2010
The opposition to the Protection of Information Bill currently before Parliament has been gaining momentum in the civil society sector in recent weeks.   
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03 August 2010
The response to the criticism of civil society on the Protection of Information Bill has left an unsatisfied conclusion to the public participation process.   
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29 June 2010
On 29 June 2010 SAHA and the Ceasefire Campaign held a joint press conference to reveal details of the South African arms exports to foreign countries over the past several years.   
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27 June 2010
Twenty five years ago, Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkonto and Sicelo Mhlauli were captured and murdered by security police. This marked a turning point for the South African struggle, but their deaths remained a mystery for decades to come.    
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11 June 2010
The Mail & Guardian have won an important decision in the North Gauteng High Court which could have a signifcant effect on PAIA implementation.   
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09 June 2010
SAHA and the Nelson Mandela Foundation have jointly made a further submission on the latest draft of the Protection of Information Bill.   
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05 June 2010
June 5 was designated World Environment Day in 1972, as a way of deepening consciousness of environmental concerns on a global level.    
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31 May 2010
The Freedom of Information Programme has continued to maintain and contribute not only to the local campaign for the right to know, but to its global campaign as well.   
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25 May 2010
Controversy about apartheid era government documents suggesting nuclear ties between Israel and South Africa, some of which are in the SAHA archives, hit the media this week.   
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19 May 2010
On 17 May 2010 SAHA reappeared in court to try and uncover reports from the NCACC which should already be public. These same questions have now been put to parliament for 2009, which has caused the need for a joint response from ODAC and SAHA.   
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08 May 2010
Three members of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation were abducted and murdered by Vlakplaas hit squad operatives on May 8, 1985, but details of their disappearance only emerged during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.    
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03 May 2010
With a special focus on the right to know, this year's World Press Freedom Day begs the question: what is access to information law in South Africa able to contribute to maintaining the freedom of our press?   
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26 April 2010
Film maker David Forbes has worked tirelessly for the past seven years, using PAIA to research the previously undisclosed story of the murder of the Cradock Four to produce both a full-length feature, and a made-for-television production.    
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19 April 2010
SAHA is developing a DVD of case studies aimed as demonstrating how different organisations and communities have used PAIA to assert or their human rights   
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15 April 2010
On the anniversary of its first human rights violations hearings at the East London City Hall in 1996, SAHA reflects on the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).    
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29 March 2010
On 26 March 2010 the Coordinating Committee of the Deputy Information Officers Forum hosted an Indaba in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.   
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26 March 2010
After significant work done by the NMF Memory Programme, the Rivonia Trial Database has been launched. It features wide-ranging material on the trial, including material from five SAHA collections.    
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25 March 2010
On 25 March 2010 SAHA, and others, will be participating in a talk with UK journalist Ben Leapman about the value of Freedom of Information Law for the media.   
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23 February 2010
Today, on 23 February 2010, the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of SAHA and its Coalition partners, holding that victims are required to participate in the Special Dispensation pardons process for such a process to be rational.   
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23 February 2010
In a landmark judgment, the Constitutional Court affirmed today that victims have a right to be heard in the special pardons process   
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03 February 2010
On 03 February 2010 SAHA, in asssociation with its Pardons Coalition members, released a press statement calling on the DA to apologise for its involvement in the exclusion of victims from the special pardons process.   
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15 January 2010
On 15 January 2010, SAHA released a statement to the Media notifying them that, through the Freedom of Information Programme, SAHA had received copies of Eugene De Kock's amnesty application to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.   
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13 January 2010
A renewed interest in the Presidential pardons process has created a need to restate the significance of Albutt v the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation and Others.   
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12 January 2010
On the anniversary of the Nangalembe Night Vigil Massacre, SAHA looks at the role of crime during South Africa's interregnum.   
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08 December 2009
ODAC is attempting to protect the rights of a shop steward, Mr Aphane, who was fired after alerting the Minister of Finance to serious financial irregularities within his Municipality. These actions significantly mark International Anti-Corruption Day, 9    
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01 December 2009
'I am responsible, we are responsible, South Africa is taking responsibility'   
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01 December 2009
Khulumani Support Group has launched a claim in a New York court against multi-national corporations which supported the Apartheid government. The United States has recently issued a Green Paper lending its support to the Khulumani case at this stage.   
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17 November 2009
On 17 November 2009 ODAC held the Rusty Padlock Awards to help identify the public bodies which consistently fail in their implementation of PAIA.   
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11 November 2009
On 10 November SAHA and a coalition of other civil society organisations appeared in the Constitutional Court to oppose an application by a former AWB member to restart the pardons process.   
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20 October 2009
SAHA will be acting as the Fifth Respondent in a case before the Constitutional Court concerning Presidential Pardons.   
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07 October 2009
The Nelson Mandela Foundation and SAHA have prepared a joint submission on the Protection of Personal Information Bill currently before parliament.    
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27 September 2009
Monday 28 September 2009 is the 7th International Right to Know Day. The aim of this day is to raise global awareness of each citizen's right to access information.   
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15 September 2009
Minister Radebe has ruled that the TRC's victims database as well as Eugene De Kock's amnesty application be released.   
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20 August 2009
The constitutional Court has ruled that section 78(2) of PAIA is unconstitutional   
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23 July 2009
Tuesday 21 July 2009 saw the inaugural PAIA Network meeting for the gender-based violence sector.    
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09 July 2009
SAHA is looking to fill the following contract posts.    
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09 July 2009
The Johannesburg launch of SAHA's new publication, Paper wars: access to information in South Africa, is to be held at Boekehuis on Saturday 18 July, at 12:30.   
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03 June 2009
SAHA is pleased to proclaim its congratulations to Biowatch for its landmark PAIA victory.    
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02 June 2009
'Paper Wars goes beyond being a valuable repository of freedom of information lore. It reflects upon the ‘multiple faces of information governance' and indeed upon secrecy itself.   
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01 June 2009
SAHA seek access to General’s report on violence in Zimbabwe   
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31 May 2009
On 26 May 2009, SAHA submitted its Amicus Curiae in the Constitutional Court in support of the matter between Stefaans Conrad Brummer (applicant) and The Minister of Social Development (first respondent), Director General of the Department of Social Devel   
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29 May 2009
Virtually every country in the world has a history of anti-apartheid activity, in diverse forms, and the AAM archive resource is the first step towards a more comprehensive picture.    
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02 May 2009
On May 1st 1989, academic and activist David Webster was gunned down outside of his home in Troyeville on the east side of Johannesburg by apartheid agent Fredi.    
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20 April 2009
FOIPs Project Manager, Charlotte Young, has returned from a three week International Field trip to India where she met with individuals, local, national and international organizations, activists, information commissioners...   
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10 February 2009
Towards the end of 2008, FOIP attained details from the Department of Justice of the names of all the people who applied for Presidential Pardons in the most recent window period for such applications.    
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21 January 2009
During his first day as President of the United States of America President Obama has demonstrated to the rest of the world the need to commit to greater openness and accountability.   
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07 December 2008
SAHAs FOIP is in the initial stages of setting up a PAIA Civil Society Network. The initial meeting for the group will be held in the first quarter of 2009.   
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12 November 2008
SAHAs Freedom of Information Project: Capacity Building in the Community-based Sector (PAIA) has commenced a series of workshops...   
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14 October 2008
The committed work of SAHAs Freedom of Information Programme (FOIP) was recognised on Monday (29 September 08) night at the Golden Key Awards ceremony hosted by the South African Human Rights Commission..   
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08 September 2008
SAHAs Freedom of Information Programme (FOIP) has been nominated by The Human Rights Foundation of South Africa for the 2008 Golden Key award for the effective use of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA).   
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17 August 2008
SAHA's Freedom of Information Programme (FOIP) recently provided a short workshop on PAIA to over 40 Community-based organisations in the Environmental Sector. The workshop was offered as part of the FOIP Capacity Building Project.    
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08 August 2008
Despite SAHAs efforts to settle the maladministration conducted by the Department of the Presidency in connection with the PAIA Request for records concerning Presidential Pardons granted in 2006-2007...   
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24 July 2008
SAHA has been successful in attaining records detailing the crimes for which 515 individuals were granted Presidential Pardons in 2006-2007. However this is not a simple case...   
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30 June 2008
In response to an access to information request submitted by SAHA in 2006, statistics released this week by South Africas Department of Home Affairs show the number of Zimbabweans...   
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08 May 2008
In response to the Internal Appeal submitted by SAHA on 4 February 2008, the Department of the Presidency (PRE) has recently sent out 515 letters to the individuals who were granted a Presidential Pardon in 2006-2007   
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23 April 2008
Funding has been approved by the Ford Foundation for SAHA's pilot project entitled FOIP Capacity Building Project. This pilot project will run from 1 April 2008 - 30 September 2009.   
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12 March 2008
SAHA goes to court on 13 March 2008 in relation to its application for access under PAIA to Military Intelligence records in the possession of the Ministry of Defence and the unlawful transfer of these requested records to Zimbabwe.   
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09 February 2008
This year, FOIP will move in a new direction towards more outreach work through the commencement of a PAIA pilot project in the community based sector.   
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03 February 2008
The Freedom of Information Programme at SAHA has submitted an appeal in response to the Department of the Presidencys recent refusal to release further detail of the '515 Presidential Pardons...   
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30 October 2007
SAHA is pleased to announce the employment of a new staff member, Charlotte Young, who will be working as a Research and Outreach Officer in the Freedom of Information Programme.   
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17 September 2007
SAHA has been refused access to a listing of security police files held by the National Archives on the basis that disclosure will breach the privacy rights of third parties.   
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06 September 2007
Two expert referees will decide what information should be released to the public about Eskom's nuclear Pebble Bed Modular Reactor development, the Supreme Court of Appeal held.   
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04 September 2007
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/Commission) has embarked on a campaign to advance and create awareness of the right to access information.   
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04 September 2007
On September 12th democrats all over the world and throughout our country people will remember one of the most tragic days in our long and brutal history.   
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27 July 2007
Leadership has become the most vexing question of our times. The crises in Zimbabwe demands the attention of contemporary public debate - what role should South Africa play and what is our collective responsibility?    
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27 July 2007
In June 2007 SAHA made a submission to the Ministerial Review Commission on Intelligence following its call for papers on a number of topics including the balance between secrecy and transparency of intelligence bodies.   
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27 July 2007
Oxford academic Theodore Zeldin argues that conversation is crucial if societies are to realize their full potential. His work spans across the social spectrum - from intimate relationships to the world of work and politics.   
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14 June 2007
Red on Black tells the story of the graphics and visual art movement that emerged around South Africa's struggle for liberation and human dignity.   
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07 June 2007
Leadership has become the most vexing question of our times.   
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18 April 2007
Biowatch South Africa will appear in the Pretoria High Court on Monday to appeal against costs awarded to Monsanto SA (Pty) Ltd.   
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14 March 2007
This lecture is the first in a new series initiated by Dr Xolela Mangcu, Visiting Fellow of The Constitution of Public Intellectual Life Research Project, titled, Which Way Next?   
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19 February 2007
In mid-December 2006, Earthlife Africa Jhb sent a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) request to Eskom regarding the supply of electricity to Alcan's planned Coega Aluminium Smelter.   
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15 December 2006
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 the South African History Archive filed the replying affidavit in its case against the Minister of Defence (the Minister), pursuing the return of military intelligence records transferred to Zimbabwe.    
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12 December 2006
On 28 September 2006, International Right to Know Day, The South African History Archive was presented with the "Golden Key Award" for the organisation which has been a frequent user or promoter of PAIA.   
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01 November 2006
SAHA and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation are planning an upcoming Workshop focusing on approaches to "Outreach" utilised by heritage, archival, museum and education practitioners in South Africa.   
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14 September 2006
The South African History Archive and David Forbes claims victory against the Minister of Justice in their battle to gain access to records of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Amnesty Committee.    
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