The Minister of Health and the department had refused to disclose the documents following an application by the Health Justice Initiative in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
The Pretoria High Court has given the health department ten days to hand over documents relating to its negotiations and procurement of Covid vaccines to the Health Justice Initiative.
The Minister of Health and the department, cited as respondents in the application before Pretoria High Court Judge Anthony Millar, had refused to disclose the documents following an application by HJI in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act . The HJI had first submitted its application, in terms of PAIA, to the department in July 2021 for access to copies of documents relating to the negotiations and conclusion of agreements by the minister and the department for the supply of vaccines.
The precise terms of each of the confidentiality clauses were not disclosed, and it was argued for HJI that even in the face of a confidentiality clause, the non confidential portions ought to have been disclosed.
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