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Avusa refuses Michelle Solomon's PAIA application

4 May 2011

Michelle Solomon, a freelance researcher and journalist who is doing her masters in journalism and media studies at Rhodes University, has reported via Twitter that her Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application, regarding a Sunday Times 2008 report, ~~was turned down~~ was not granted by Avusa yesterday, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 - World Press Freedom Day.

Michelle Solomon

It appears that the next step may be legal proceedings.

Solomon has now blogged about the refusal and included Avusa's response and her application, with the intention of opening up the discourse for public debate. For more, see her tweets at @MishSolomon.

She also intends to write a follow-up article on the situation on The Daily Maverick within the next few days.

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