The Information Regulator has imposed a R5 million fine on South Africa's Basic Education Department (DBE) for its plan to publish 2024 matriculation results in newspapers. The regulator argued that this practice violates the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia). The DBE was ordered to provide an undertaking that it would not publish the results in the media, but failed to comply within the stipulated timeframe.
The regulator wanted the department to promise that it wouldn't publish the matric results in newspapers
Siviwe Gwarube's Basic Education Department has been fined R5 million by the Information Regulator over the matric results. Image: Jaco Marais/ @SABCNews The regulator's spokesperson, Mukelani Dimba, explained that the department failed to abide by the enforcement notice within the stipulated time frame, leading to the fine.
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