Pieter-Louis Myburgh v State Security Agency (SSA)

Enforcement notice issued; referred for criminal investigation. Information Regulator, 13 November 2025.

Record ID: za-ir-2025-0002
Jurisdiction: South Africa
Regulator: Information Regulator
Type: enforcement notice
Complainant: Pieter-Louis Myburgh
Date decided: 13 November 2025
Respondent type: public
Sector: government
Violations: PAIA non-compliance, failure to disclose requested records
Provisions cited: PAIA 2000
Outcome: enforcement notice issued; referred for criminal investigation
Status: appealed
Source: Official document ↗
Source integrity: SHA-256 9b9b054a51a24980…
Record verified: 31 July 2026

The facts

At a media briefing on 13 November 2025 the Information Regulator reported that an enforcement notice had been issued to the State Security Agency. The notices announced at that briefing were not uploaded to the Regulator's website, so the notice's directive details are not publicly available.

Orders and outcome

Enforcement notice issued; terms not published. Dated 13 November 2025 per the Regulator's briefing.

PAIA · ACCESS-TO-INFORMATION · JUDICIAL-REVIEW

Cite this decision

Information Regulator (South Africa), Pieter-Louis Myburgh v State Security Agency (SSA), enforcement notice of 13 November 2025. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/south-africa/information-regulator/2025/state-security-agency-paia/ (accessed 30 August 2026).

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