Atlas v0.1 · Right to information · Right to service
South Africa
Republic of South Africa · ISO ZAF
Your first move, anywhere
Request legal route, responsible officer, fees, timeline, appeal route, and one high-value record: budget, contract, land, hospital stock, service standard, audit, court delay, police complaint, or procurement payment.
Convert the legal right into a citizen test: receipt, tracking number, statutory deadline, written reasons, actual record release, appeal, and proactive publication.
Capture flags to watch: Delay; discretion; opacity; fragmentation; fear; patron dependency; counterfeit transparency
Right to information
Sourced
Source: RTI Rating country data · last checked 2026-07-05
Right to service
Sourced
Sources: South Africa Batho Pele principles · South Africa Public Service Charter 2013
Inside South Africa: 9 subdivisions
Where a subdivision shows a cited law, the citation comes from the named source and the official text still needs confirming. Where it shows nothing, the national law may apply and the local rules are unconfirmed.
What to confirm at your local office, whichever subdivision you are in
- Verify statutory deadline and extension rule.
- Verify filing fee, copying fee, waiver, and electronic access rule.
- Verify internal review, independent review, judicial review, and silence-as-refusal rule.
- Verify relevant information commission, ombudsman, court, tribunal, or internal appeal body.
- Verify official web portal or responsible officer contact.
Records that should already be published: Budget; procurement; contract awards; payment status; public land; service standards; audit reports; subsidies; court/police/hospital/school records.
| Code | Subdivision | Type | Access-law status | Source · checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA-EC | Eastern Cape | Province | No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 To confirm | source · 2026-07-05 |
| ZA-FS | Free State | Province | No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 To confirm | source · 2026-07-05 |
| ZA-GP | Gauteng | Province | No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 To confirm | source · 2026-07-05 |
| ZA-KZN | Kwazulu-Natal | Province | No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 To confirm | source · 2026-07-05 |
| ZA-LP | Limpopo | Province | No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 To confirm | source · 2026-07-05 |
| ZA-MP | Mpumalanga | Province | No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 To confirm | source · 2026-07-05 |
| ZA-NC | Northern Cape | Province | No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 To confirm | source · 2026-07-05 |
| ZA-NW | North-West | Province | No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 To confirm | source · 2026-07-05 |
| ZA-WC | Western Cape | Province | No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 To confirm | source · 2026-07-05 |
Right to service, all 9 subdivisions: Verified service charter / policy standard (inherited from the national status above).
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