The information regulator IR has applied for leave to appeal against a judgment by a full bench of the Pretoria high court that set aside its enforcement and infringement notices issued to the department of basic education in 2024 regarding the publication of matric results.
The court in December ruled that matric results may be published on public platforms, as they had been since 2022, using candidates examination numbers.
The enforcement notice issued by the IR in 2024 had required the department not to publish the 2024 matric results in newspapers and instead make them available using methods compliant with the Protection of Personal Information Act Popia, such as pupils obtaining their results from their schools or via a secure SMS platform from the department of basic education DBE.
