Section 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (No. 108 of 1996) states that everyone has the right to access information held by public bodies and information that is held by private bodies to protect any of their constitutional rights. Section 32 also describes regulations that must be enacted which would give effect to the right of access to information by describing the ways in which information from public and private bodies could be accessed and by providing further information on the grounds under which a public and private body could refuse access to information.
