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Access to information

PAIA for private bodies

Nathan-Ross Adams Nathan-Ross Adams
Overview
Curriculum
  • 7 Sections
  • 15 Lessons
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Module 1 | Foundations of access to information
5 Lessons
  1. PAIA is not optional for private bodies
  2. Constitutional & international foundations
  3. Purpose & objects of PAIA
  4. Key definitions
  5. Real risk: Reputational exposure vs regulatory fines
Module 2 | Who must comply
3 Lessons
  1. Definition of “private body”
  2. Records “held by” vs “about”
  3. Common misconceptions and audit red flags
Module 3 | The PAIA Manual
7 Lessons
  1. Required structure (line-by-line map)
  2. Categories of records explained
  3. Corporate vs operational vs customer-experience (CX) records
  4. Drafting language principles
  5. How to customise for your sector
  6. Mandatory inclusions
  7. Mandatory separate availability of prescribed Forms 2 and 3
Module 4 | Fees, forms, timelines, refusals
    Module 5 | DSAR workflows
      Module 6 | AI and PAIA
        Module 7 | Build your artefacts

          PAIA for private bodies is a practical, implementation-driven course that teaches South African private bodies how to lawfully process access-to-information requests and publish a compliant PAIA Manual fast.

          This is not academic theory; it’s operational capability.

          Across short, binge-able lessons you will learn exactly how to interpret, structure, and execute PAIA duties for a private body—including: publishing your PAIA Manual, receiving and responding to requests using the prescribed Form 2, applying lawful refusal grounds, managing timelines, handling fees, navigating Regulator complaints, and building a defensible DSAR workflow.

          By the end of the course you will produce four critical artefacts:

          • a complete PAIA Manual
          • a DSAR workflow path
          • a refusal response template pack
          • a PAIA register for evidence & audit

          This course is designed for founders, executives, legal leads, operations managers, information officers, and private body owners who want to avoid reputational exposure, respond professionally to PAIA requests, and signal governance maturity without spending weeks interpreting legislation.

          If you want to stop guessing and start executing PAIA correctly, confidently, and elegantly, this is the course.

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