Protecting information rights in south africa: The strategic oversight roles of the south african human rights commission and the information regulator

Abstract

South Africas constitution has been globally celebrated for its transformative objective to unify South Africa after decades of racism and oppression by an illegitimate apartheid government.1 A comprehensive Bill of Rights was central to this mission and South Africas Bill of Rights was, in particular, seen as a beacon of inclusive and transformative constitutionalism.2 Almost 25 years since the passage of South Africas Constitution, the claims about the progressivism of the Constitution and the institutional mechanisms designed to empower South Africans to assert and protect their rights are being questioned.