Actionsa Submits Paia Request For Ipids Report Into Phala Phala

Action SA has submitted a Promotion of Access to Information Act PAIA request for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate IPID Report into Phala Phala farm saga.

The partys National Chairperson, Michael Beuamont says the application was submitted last week, to obtain the IPIDs report on the theft that took place at President Cyril Ramaphosas farm.

The robbery which took place in February 2020 saw approximately 580 000 stolen from the farm.

Beaumont says ActionSA is initiating this step with the aim to contest this matter in the High Court if necessary.

He says, This is after the Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu described the report as top secret and informed the public that the report would not be made public. Section 344 of the Minimum Information Security Standards MISS Cabinet policy is explicit that only matters meeting the following criteria may be classified as Top Secret. This can result in the declaration of war two, can lead to the discontinuation of diplomatic relations between states three, can seriously damage operational relations between institutions four, can disrupt the effective execution of information operational planning and/or plans. It must be stressed that a Cabinet policy is subordinate to higher legislation, including the Promotion of Access to Information Act and the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.