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Table on FOI legislation and constitutional provisions
12th April 2000, 12:00 pm
Adoption of freedom of information legislation in the Southern Africa region as of March 2010

Country	Express FOI Constitutional provision	Status of FOI legislation	Year
Angola	X	Lei de Acesso aos Documentos Administrativos	2002
Botswana	X	No indication of FOI legislation	X
Democratic Republic of Congo	X	No indication of FOI legislation	X
Lesotho	X	No indication of FOI legislation	X
Malawi	Article 37 of the Constitution	Draft law	2004
Mozambique	Article 74 of the Constitution	Draft law	2005
Namibia	X	No indication of FOI legislation	X
South Africa	Section 32 (1) of the Constitution	Promotion of Access to Information Act	2000
Swaziland	X	No indication of FOI legislation	X
Zambia	X	Draft law	2002
Zimbabwe	X	Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act	2002