Recently appointed chairwoman of the Information Regulator, Pansy Tlakula, is anxious for the finalisation of legislation enabling the newly formed institution to get the ball rolling on regulating the collection, storage, distribution and protection of various forms of information. Tlakula made headlines in her last government agency job at the helm of the Independent Electoral Commission when a R320m office-letting scandal pushed her to resign in 2014; just three years later she got appointed to the top post at the Information Regulator. Since then government has also published the draft regulations of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). The regulator was one of the respondents in the Black Sash Trust’s case against Minister of Social Development and others on the provision of social grants. It looked into telemarketing practices connected with the issue and liaised with the South African Human Rights Commission. Tlakula told reporters on Wednesday that while the r...
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