Deadline looms for information manuals

He notes that the ‘rather severe penalty’ follows a 2003 amendment to the Promotion of Access to Information Act, according to a report on IoL. The purpose of the Act is to give effect to the right of information. All private bodies, such as companies, partnerships, and even one-person businesses should prepare information manuals, Buys said. ‘Once a copy of their manuals are lodged with the Human Rights Commission, copies should also be published on their websites. Further paper-based copies of the information manuals should be made available to the public,’ he said. Full report on IoL