Johannesburg, 30 June 2021 – The Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA) that came into effect on 9 March 2001 gives people an opportunity to request information from public and private bodies. PAIA prescribes that every public and private body must publish an information manual to assist requesters who wish to access records, writes Viola Sigauke, SAICA Project Manager: Regulatory Reporting.

Johannesburg, 30 June 2021 – Compliance to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act / POPIA) will be required from 1 July 2021. The road to the implementation has been long and is finally here as the POPI Act was signed in 2013, writes Juanita Steenekamp Project Director: Governance and Legislation.

Johannesburg, 24 June 2021 – The municipal skills shortage has reared its nasty head again. This was identified by the Auditor General (AG), Ms. Tsakani Maluleke, who briefed parliamentary committees on the 2019/20 local government audit outcomes and the Covid-19 relief funds expenditure in a session on 22 June 2021