• (a) any information held by the state; and
• (b) any information that is held by another person and that is required for the exercise of any rights.

Any request for access to records held by the City of Johannesburg must be made on the prescribed Form A.

The City of Johannesburg's own PAIA manual is available - Click on the documents.

The Information Officer/Deputy Information Officer:
Deputy Information Officer: Ms T Zwane.
Street address: 8th Floor 222 Smit Cnr Rissik Streets BRAAMFONTEIN.
Postal address: P O Box 1049 JOHANNESBURG 2000
Tel: (011) 018-6350, FAX: 011 – 727 - 0267, CELL: 082 776-3804
e-mail: accesstoinfo@joburg.org.za

On receipt of an application, the Information Officer will handle the request in terms of the provisions of PAIA.. The requester will be informed within 30 (thirty) days of receipt of the request whether the request has been granted or not. If a requester is dissatisfied with the outcome of not being granted a request, the requester can, within 60 days of being informed that the request was not granted, lodge an internal appeal. An appeal must be lodged in writing on a prescribed form obtainable - see Form B below. The Information Officer, who will ensure that it is dealt with in terms of PAIA, and inform the applicant of the outcome thereof.