Legal

PAIA - Promotion of Access to Information

Section 51 of the PAIA (Promotion of Access to Information) Act of 2000 stipulates that all private bodies (companies, close corporations, partnerships, trusts and sole proprietors) develop an information manual.

The manuals will include relevant information about the companies, their ownership and details of where they operate and must be made available on companies' websites, should they have one. It must also be available at the body's head office and filed with the Human Rights Commission and any representative body of such business.

Private bodies must also provide the PAIA guide, published by the South African Human Rights Commission, to guide users on the process of accessing information from them.

Xpand IT cc is currently undergoing this process and will publish our manual upon completion.