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		<title>The State of Transparency in South Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of our preparation and efforts to assist the South African government in the fulfilment of their OGP commitments, ODAC has undertaken multi-stakeholder engagement with civil society members and groupings focussing on transparency. These consultations have resulted in an overview of the current transparency environment in South Africa entitled: &#8220;TRANSPARENCY IN SOUTH AFRICA: A civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The State of Whistleblowing in South Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ODAC would like to announce the release of the latest survey of public opinion in regard to whistleblowing for 2011, as prepared for by Ipsos Markinor. ODAC has been commissioning this annual survey since 2006 to monitor the public perceptions of whistleblowers and access to information, in order to properly inform our evidence-based advocacy. Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secrecy Bill: the National Council of Provinces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ODAC continues to engage government on the Protection of State Information Bill. Since the revised Bill was first reintroduced in Parliament in 2010, ODAC has sought to study the Bill in detail, as well as offer constructive criticism and suggestions on its drafting. Whilst we acknowledge that there have been significant improvements on the Bill, thanks in a large part to active [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corruption at a glance in South Africa</title>
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		<title>Extension of PAIA manual exemption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As per Government Notice No. 34914, the Department of Justice has extended an exemption which means that, generally, a company will not be required to submit an information manual in terms of section 51 of PAIA (including, according to the SAHRC, non-governmental organisations). However, if a private entity is not a private company as defined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ODAC statement on the assessment of the judicial system</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Open Democracy Advice Centre today raised further concerns in relation to the statement put out by Cabinet on Thursday of last week (24 November 2011) dealing with the assessment of the judicial system. &#8220;We note with concern that the cabinet wish to assess that the judiciary conforms to the transformation mandate as envisaged in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Tuesday &#8216;Secrecy Bill&#8217; &#8211; A step back from the Open Government Partnership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Article by Gabriella Razzano a Legal Researcher at the Open Democracy Advice Centre. Today 22 November 2011 marks “Black Tuesday”, as the Protection of State Information Bill is put to vote before the National Assembly. The intentions of the ruling party have been clear: all ANC MP’s have been summoned to appear in Parliament and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whistle-blowers must expose corruption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Article first appeared on the Diamond Fields Advertiser by Sandi Kwon Hoo The Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) has encouraged whistleblowers to expose corruption in the workplace, despite there being gaps in legislation protecting those who expose wrongful acts. An anti-corruption workshop was held for Cosatu and its affiliates at the Protea Hotel yesterday (7 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South African Whistleblowing Week finally launched</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A three-metre high whistle launched National Whistleblowing Week, an initiative of the Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC). The week was launched today (17 October 2011) in Church Square, Cape Town at 12 noon. Members of the public will add their voice to the campaign by taking a whistle from the public art installation, which was designed [...]]]></description>
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