AfriForum prepares to take on Information Regulator in court to ensure that matric results are published in the media.
The Information Regulator has directed the Department of Basic Education to refrain from publishing the 2024 matric results in the media. Picture: Boksburg Advertiser
With only weeks remaining before the release of the Class of 2024’s matric results, Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has come under renewed pressure to resolve the Information Regulator’s ban on the publication of the results. In the latest development, AfriForum has announced that it has mobilised its legal team to challenge the recent IR directive prohibiting the public dissemination of matric results.This was after the Information Regulator announced last Wednesday that it had issued an enforcement notice to the Department of Basic Department over its noncompliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act .
According to the non-profit civil rights organisation’s head of cultural affairs, Alana Bailey, it is in the public’s interest that this information is shared on public platforms. “To label it as a violation of individuals’ right to privacy does not make sense, as only examination numbers appear in the media. The court has previously ruled in favour of AfriForum and the other parties that this does not infringe on anyone’s right to privacy,” Bailey said.Commenting on the matter, DBE spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga, said that the department is “still processing the matter internally”.
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