- Title
- Implications of the protection of state information bill on government accountability: a critical analysis of governance in post-apartheid South Africa
- Creator
- Obi, Maryjane Chukwunyem
- Subject
- Government accountability
- Subject
- Transparency in government
- Subject
- Post-apartheid era -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2015-01
- Date
- 2015-01
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/25874
- Identifier
- vital:64560
- Description
- The study explores the following research questions; the nature of State access to and restriction of information during the apartheid era, the tenets of democratic leadership and good governance in the new dispensation in South Africa and the possible consequences of the Bill in its present form on democratic principles of accountability and transparency in South Africa. In terms of the methodology, the study critically analysed some sections of the Protection of State Information Bill-B6-2010 in relation to the principles of accountability and transparency in a democratic South Africa in accordance to the Bill of Rights enshrined in the Constitution section 32. The study recommends that government could include “public interest clause to the current Bill. This is to ensure that the public are able to play their Constitutional role, in which they are able to hold government accountable for the decisions taken and also help foster a system of government that is accountable, transparent, open, efficient and responsive to the Constitutional needs of the public. In addition, the study also recommends that government should consider the reduction of the period within which information may be declassified. It suggests that it should be reduced from 20 to 10 years in order to ensure that democratic government provides its citizens with information that is timely in making an informed decision in relation to governance. The study further recommends that the appeal process for information before the court of law should be done by an independent judge. This is to ensure that the court of law performs its duties without interference from government representatives and that it carries out its duties in a fair manner as envisaged or enshrined in section 34 of the Constitution in the Bill of Rights. The study further recommends that government should ensure that the current information Bill in the new dispensation should hold the elected delegates appointed by the Head of State accountable. This is to ensure that transparency and accountability is promoted at all level in government.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce , 2015
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (69 leaves)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management and Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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