Legal
PAIA: access to information
Draft, pending South African legal review. This text has not yet been reviewed by a South African attorney and may change. It does not create rights or obligations beyond those that already exist in law.
The Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA) gives people a right of access to records held by private bodies, where the record is needed to exercise or protect a right, subject to the grounds for refusal in the Act.
Status of the PAIA manual
Mananze’s PAIA manual is being prepared. The details below are shown only once verified.
- Registered name: Registered name: to be confirmed
- Registration number: Registration number: to be confirmed
- Information Officer: Information Officer: to be confirmed
- Physical address: Physical address: to be confirmed
- Postal address: Postal address: to be confirmed
- Email for requests: Email for requests: to be confirmed
Making a request
Until the manual and request channel are published, please use the contact form and mark your message as a PAIA request. The form is not accepting messages yet. Any prescribed request form and fees will be set out in the manual.
Information Regulator
Guidance on PAIA is available from the Information Regulator (South Africa): inforegulator.org.za.
Draft prepared 22 October 2026.