Copies of all records, or part records, related to all investigations and reports made at any time into the export of uncut diamonds during the period 1992 – 1993 by the company ‘De Beers’

Copies of any and all records, or part records, related to all investigations and reports made at any time into the export of uncut diamonds during the period 1992 – 1993 by the company ‘De Beers’, including but not limited to those records that were compiled in preparation of a briefing document on the matter to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts in 2007.

o Any further particulars of record:
Noting specifically in relation to this request that:
i. Section 5 of PAIA provides for the supremacy of PAIA over any other legislation prohibiting or restricting disclosure of information and that this includes any provisions in the Public Audit Act, 2004 that limits or restricts the disclosure of information, such as section 18 of that Act (see South African Human Rights Commission notice on supremacy of PAIA - http://www.sahrc.org.za/home/21/files/Notice on the supremacy of PAIA.pdf);
ii. To the extent that any grounds for refusal in Chapter 4 of PAIA may apply to any, or any part of any, record falling within this request, section 46 of PAIA places an obligation on a Requestee body to apply the public interest override test provided for in that section to each and every such record or part of a record;
iii. To the extent that any grounds for refusal in Chapter 4 of PAIA may apply to any, or any part of any, record falling within this request, section 28 of PAIA places an obligation on a Requestee body to severability in terms of the provisions of that section; and
iv. To the extent that any record or part of any record requested in terms of this request is in the possession of, under the control of or more closely connected to the functions of another public body or where the information in the record / part of the record contains commercial information of another public body, section 20 of PAIA places an obligation on the Requestee body to transfer the request or part of the request to such other body.