Archives, secrecy and access-to-information legislation

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	legislation gazette
Producer	Parliament of South Africa
Coverage	1948-2001
Works using it	1

Debates

Debate	Works
Historiographical approaches	1
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Harris (2002)	1962 Archives Act and National Heritage Resources Act (No. 25 of 1999)	1962-1999	Frames SAS's thirty-year access rule with 'public policy' restrictions and additional heritage protection mechanisms.
Harris (2002)	Apartheid-era secrecy legislation (Archives Act, Official Secrets Act, Protection of Information Act, Statistics Act, etc.)	1948-1994	Evidence of interlocking legislation restricting access to information on public life.
Harris (2002)	National Archives of South Africa Act (1996) and 2001 Cultural Laws Amendment Act	1996-2001	Evidences the institutional outcome of transformation discourse: appraisal, outreach, access periods and the Commission's powers.
Harris (2002)	Promotion of Access to Information Act (Number 2 of 2000) and Constitution section 32(1)(a)	1996-2001	Shows legislated right of access to records held by public and private bodies.