PAIA Manual

Access to Information Manual

We respect your right of access to information. This manual will help you (the requester of information) to exercise that right and help you know how you may get access to our records. The Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 as amended from time to time (known as PAIA) requires us to draft and make this PAIA manual available to you.

Version 1.0·Last revised April 2026


1. Introduction

We describe who we are and what we do on our website, or you can ask us for this information. PAIA (Section 51(1)) requires the information officer of a private body to compile a manual that contains information on the records it holds. A "private body" means a natural person, company or other type of juristic entity that carries on any trade, business or profession and includes a political party. We are a private body.

2. Our details

Organisation nameFlexMS (Pty) Ltd
Websitehttps://www.flexms.com
Registration number2025/303040/07
Postal addressP O Box 553, Howick, Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, 3290
Physical address25A Old Main Road, Clifton Park, Gillitts, KwaZulu-Natal, 3610
Phone number031 765 3679
Default information officerRohland Lablache de Charmoy
Information officer emailrohland@codeo.co.za

3. Further guidance from the Information Regulator

For further guidance, contact the Information Regulator. They have compiled a PAIA guide in each official language of South Africa on how to exercise your rights under PAIA.

Visit their websitewww.inforegulator.org.za
Postal addressP.O Box 3153, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2017
Physical addressJD House, 27 Stiemens Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001
Phone number010 023 5200
General enquiriesenquiries@inforegulator.org.za
Lodge a complaintPAIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za

4. Records which we make automatically available

We make some records automatically available (Section 52) to you without you needing to request access to them.

Type of recordHow you can access it
Memorandum of incorporation (MOI)BizPortal
Directors' namesBizPortal
Documents of incorporationBizPortal
Banking detailsRequest by email
BrochuresRequest by email
External newsletters and circularsSubscribing or on our website
Information on our websiteVisit our website

5. Records we hold to function

We hold the following subjects and categories of records in electronic or physical format, which we do not make automatically available. You may request access to them. These are records that most organisations have.

6. Records we hold to comply with the law

We hold records that all organisations are required by law to hold. We also hold records that the law specifically requires organisations like ours to retain. Please ask our information officer for details.

7. How you can request access

We have appointed our information officer to deal with all matters relating to PAIA so we can comply with our PAIA obligations. To request access to a record, please complete Form 2 (https://inforegulator.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/InfoRegSA-PAIA-Form02-Reg7.pdf).

Please submit the completed form (together with the relevant request fee we explain below) to our information officer's email address or our physical address. Please ensure that the completed form:

If you do not use the standard form, we may:

8. How we will give you access

We will evaluate and consider all requests we receive. If we approve your request, we will decide how to provide access to you — unless you have asked for access in a specific form. Publication of this manual does not give rise to any rights to access information records, except in terms of PAIA.

9. How much it will cost you

Request fees

When submitting your request, you must pay us a request fee as the law prescribes. You must pay us the prescribed fees before we give you access. You will receive a notice from our information officer upon your request, setting out the application procedure.

Access fees

If we grant the request, you will have to pay us a further access fee that the law prescribes that includes a fee for the time it takes us to handle your request, or if the time has exceeded the prescribed hours to search and prepare the record for disclosure. Our information officer will notify you if you need to pay a deposit for the access fee. The deposit may be up to one third of the prescribed access fee. The access fee will provide for:

If you paid the deposit and we refused your request, we will refund you the deposit amount. Until you have paid the fees, we may withhold the record you requested.

10. Grounds for us to refuse access

We may have to refuse you access to certain records in terms of PAIA to protect:

Our decision on giving you access

We will notify you in writing whether your request has been approved or denied within 30 calendar days after receiving your request. If we cannot find the record you asked for or it does not exist, we will notify you by way of affidavit that it is not possible to give access to that record.

11. Remedies available if we refuse to give you access

If we deny your request for access, you may:

for the necessary relief within 180 calendar days of us notifying you of our decision.

12. How we process and protect personal information

We process the personal information of various categories of people for various purposes. Please refer to our Privacy Policy or ask our information officer for a copy.

13. Availability of this manual

This manual is available in English in electronic format on our website and in physical format at the reception of our company offices.

14. Updates to this manual

We will update this manual whenever we make material changes to it.