00967nam a2200121   4500020002200000100003900022245010600061260005100167300001000218520051200228650002700740856007800767  a978-99945-77-42-2  aMedia Institute of Southern Africa  aMISA Transparency Assessment : 2016 Report on Open & Secretive Public Institutions in Southern Africa  a2016bMedia Institute of Southern Africac2016  a120p.  aThe publication seeks to establish the ease or difficulty with which citizens in southern Africa can access public information by evaluating public institutions’ websites as well as their willingness to disclose information upon request. The assessment seeks to establish the ease or difficulty in accessing relevant public information held by government and public institutions. The study highlighted the fact that ordinary citizens still face challenges in receiving information from public institutions  aTransparency, Secrecy   uiffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/misa_transparency_assessment_160928.pdf