African Platform for Access to Information Declaration 2011
The African Platform on Access to Information (APAI) declaration was adopted at the Pan African Conference on Access to Information (PACAI), held in Cape Town, South Africa. Here are the key principles: Fundamental Right Accessible to Everyone Access to information is...
No justice without the right to know
South Africa’s access to information legislation is regarded as among the best in the world. But is it really working in the struggle for social justice? I remember one cold night in a community hall in a working-class township of Cape Town. A group of about 50...