Today, the DA will be submitting a Notice of Internal Appeal in terms of Section 75 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) to the Minister of Water and Sanitation (DWS), Nomvula Mokonyane, who has concealed the 2014 Blue and Green Drop reports, despite our initial PAIA application seeking access to these documents. South Africans have grown tired of the Minister missing deadlines and concealing information that ought to be in the public domain.
In her evasion, the Minister has employed quite imaginative delaying tricks. After informing me via email on 18 January that "[the DWS has] the pleasure in indicating that the records you requested are available and ready to be released," we were only supplied with the 2013 reports, and not the 2014 reports as requested.
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