President v M&G Media
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President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v M & G Media Ltd is 2011 decision in South African administrative law. Decided in the Constitutional Court of South Africa, it concerned access to information and the adjudication of disputes under the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000.
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Court | Constitutional Court of South Africa |
Full case name | President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v M & G Media Ltd |
Decided | 29 November 2011 (2011-11-29) |
Docket nos. | CCT 03/11 |
Citation(s) | [2011] ZACC 32; 2012 (2) BCLR 181 (CC); 2012 (2) SA 50 (CC) |
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Judges sitting | Ngcobo CJ, Cameron J, Froneman J, Jafta J, Mogoeng J, Nkabinde J, van der Westhuizen J, Yacoob J and Mthiyane AJ |
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Decision by | Ngcobo CJ (Froneman, Mogoeng, Yacoob and Mthiyane concurring) |
Concurrence | Froneman J |
Concurrence | Yacoob J |
Dissent | Cameron J (Jafta, Nkabinde and van der Westhuizen concurring) |
The matter arose from the Mail & Guardian's campaign to gain access to the Khampepe Report on the 2002 Zimbabwean presidential election.[1][2] "Surprisingly,"[3] instead of confirming the lower courts' order to release the report, a majority of the Constitutional Court remitted the matter to the High Court with an instruction that the court should examine the report in secret and make a fresh determination.