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The Information Regulator (Regulator) has issued a notice for all public and private bodies to submit their PAIA (Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000) Annual Reports for the year 2023/2024 (1 April 2023- 31 March 2024). The submission of the PAIA Annual Reports is in terms of section 32 and section 83 (4) of PAIA. An Information Officer (IO) of every public body must annually submit to the Regulator a report in respect of access to information requests received and processed. Furthermore, the Heads of Private Bodies (HPBs) or Deputy Information Officers (DIOs) are hereby requested to submit to the Regulator their PAIA Annual Reports about requests for access to records received and processed by the private body.

An online portal (eServices portal) for submission can be accessed on the Regulator’s website, https://inforegulator.org.za. The portal will be live from 01 May 2024 and will close on 30 June 2024. In order to be able to submit the PAIA Annual report, the public body IO and private body HPB or DIO must be registered with the Regulator. 

The purpose of the report is to give an account of the number of requests for access received; access granted in full; access granted in terms of section 46 (mandatory disclosure in the public interest); access refused fully or partially; cases extended; internal appeals to relevant authority; and the number of internal appeals that were refused on the ground that an internal appeal was regarded as having been dismissed. 

Step-by-step guides on how to submit the PAIA Annual Report, and register the IO, HPB and DIO is available on the eServices Portal. Should public and private bodies experience technical challenges, the PAIA technical support team can be contacted on Paia-support@inforegulator.org.za or (010) 023 5200.  For any general enquiries kindly contact Adv. Makhwedi Makgopa-Madisa at MMakgopa-Madisa@infoRegulator.org.za or Ms Nokwanda Molefe at Nmolefe@inforegulator.org.za

Issued by the Information Regulator of South Africa