Three provinces have passed laws that make it easier for governments to withhold, delay or dismiss requests for public records — and Ottawa may be next.
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A little under a year ago, Michelle Rowland, who was then communications minister, had to make a humiliating retreat, she now might just have to make another
A lack of political will is to blame for failing to find a suitable funding model for the SABC’s public mandate.
A seven-year diplomatic dispute over the land earmarked for the ski resort ensured it was never built.
There is much to celebrate about the critical role the media have played in 30 years of democracy. But challenges remain.
Former South African president Zuma is trying to turn the contestation of a court hearing into an all-out war and chill those who pursue justice against him.
During the coronavirus pandemic, digitizing archives can help increase access. But in addition to the labour and financial costs, issues of privacy, copyright and resources need to be considered.
About half of environmental scientists working for government had been prohibited from communicating scientific information.
Children ask a lot of questions, but they’re not always good ones.
Cuba will not legalize same-sex marriage, as gay activists hoped. But its new constitution adds greater protections for LGBTQ people and for women, and gives Cubans the right to own private property.
As a Canadian federal election year dawns, an alternative approach to freedom-of-information legislation is an urgent need.
If access to information online becomes more difficult, then it will be the communities on the fringes that lose out.
Can open data change the world? We looked beyond the hype to find out.
A critical part of attaining universal health coverage is access to published research.
While some African countries have shown an improvement in press freedom and freedom of expression ratings, others, including South Africa, are seeing worrying trends and a drop in rankings.
The podcast has emerged as a promising medium for facilitating ongoing debate about issues that need more time than mainstream, profit-oriented media or the changing tides of hashtags might allow.
South Africans’ access to important knowledge and research is incredibly limited. In this time of Open Access, why is this the case – and will it ever change?
A lack of access to quality, peer-reviewed information can actually contribute to societal and educational inequality. How can Open Access help?
Top contributors
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Professor in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor Emeritus, Geography and Environmental Studies, and President, Information Research Board, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Senior lecturer in the Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor in Education, University of East Anglia
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Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science and Consultant, Vice Principal for Research and Graduate Education, University of Pretoria
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Co-Founder of The Data Tank and Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of the Governance Laboratory (GovLab), New York University
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Research Fellow, University of Antwerp (Belgium) and University of the Free State (South Africa), University of the Free State
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg
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Doctor of Law Candidate, University of Manitoba
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Adjunct Asssociate Professor, James Cook University
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Postdoctoral Researcher at the Temple Infant and Child Laboratory, Temple University