Archives and Justice

Appendix A: Statistics 2001

Requestee Carried over No. of requests Requests granted Refusals Pending or inadequate response Internal appeals Court action Average response time
Dept. of Defense 0 10 8 0 2 5 0 4 months
Dept. of Justice 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 months
National Archives 0 12 2 1 9 6 0 8 months
Dept. Environmental Affairs and Tourism 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 days
Total 0 24 11 2 11 11 0  

Appendix B: Statistics 2002

Requestee Carried over No. of requests Requests granted Refusals Pending or inadequate response Internal appeals Court action Average response time
Dept. of Defense 2 30* 12 9 9 1 1 3 months
Dept. of Justice 0 15 5 7 3 5 3 4 months
National Archives 9 1 3 5 2 4   8 months
Dept. of Agriculture 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 month
Dept. Environmental Affairs and Tourism 0 1 0 0 1 0 0  
Dept. of Foreign Affairs 0 1 0 0 1 0 0  
National Intelligence Agency 0 3** 1 1 0 1 0 4 months
South African Police Service 0 11 3 5 3 0 0 6 months
SA Council for the Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 0 1 0 0 1 0 0  
Nuclear Energy Corporation of SA 0 1 0 0 1 0 0  
ARMSCOR 0 2 0 0 2 0 0  
Office of the Auditor General 0 1 0 0 1 0 0  
Health Professions Council of SA 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 3 months
Dept. of Health 0 1 0 0 1 0 0  
University of Pretoria 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 months
University of Witwatersrand 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 4 months
Iscor 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 month
Provinces                
Limpopo 0 7 0 0 7 0 0  
Mpumalanga 0 4     4*** 0 0 3 months
KwaZulu-Natal 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 month
Western Cape 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 6 months
                 
Total 11 96 27 40 37 11 4  

* 2 of these were withdrawn

** 1 request transferred to Dept. of Justice

*** In this case records were received but could not be used for research purposes as they were either not readable or they could not be connected to the request