The sole purpose of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (“PAIA”), 2000 (Act 2 of 2000), as amended, (“PAIA”) is to give “effect to the public’s right of access to information from public and private bodies, as contemplated in s 32 of the Constitution”.
The Mpumalanga Economic Regulator (“the MER”), as a provincial public entity in terms of Schedule 3, Part C of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999), as amended (“PFMA”), and in terms of the above Act, has an obligation to draft this manual which will be a public document in terms of which the public can access our records.
