Andrey
P Grudko (hereafter called ‘APG ™’) is a retired Private Investigator, having
been involved in full time private investigations from 1981 to 2001. At the
time of writing he is involved in consulting, training, public appearances,
media activities, journalism, and legislatative process through
various associations and occasional special projects.
1.
Contact Details
Andrey
P Grudko
PO
Box 968
Cramerview
2060
Building
5, Prism Office Park
Ruby
Close, Fourways, Sandton
Tel:
(011) 465 9673
Fax: (011) 465 1487
2. Section 10 -
Guide on how the use the Act
The Guide is available from the South African Human Rights Commission.
Please direct any
queries to:
The South African
Human Rights Commission:
PAIA Unit
The Research and
Documentation Department
Postal address:
Private Bag 2700
Houghton 2041
Telephone: +27 11
484-8300
Fax: +27 11
484-0582
Website: www.sahrc.org.za
E-mail: PAIA@sahrc.org.za
3. Records
available from www.gov.sa in terms of any other legislation
Private Security
Industry Regulation Act No. 51 of 2001
4.
Access to the records held by APG
i)
APG maintains a regularly updated informative website with information varying
from services, history, statistical references, links and information on
registered PIs.
APG
has a brochure clearly explaining his qualifications and services and is
usually available from 09:00 to 15:00 on weekdays to answer inquiries and
attend to any complaints.
ii)
Summary of records kept
a)
All clients sign a mandate, which is kept on file for a minimum of 3 years
under the Regulations of the PSIR Act.
b)
A case file may contain reports from public and private data bases,
surveillance and agent reports and information collected from sources such as
the media, internet etc.
c)
At the termination of a case the client is offered the case file, and if
declined it is usually destroyed unless the nature of the matter is such that
it my recur.
d)
Financial records relating to investigations and the conduct of the business,
including VAT, are kept for a minimum of 7 years, as required by the Receiver
of Revenue.
e)
Other
Staff recruitment policies – not applicable as Mr Grudko does not employ any staff in these professional activities
Business Equity contracts– not applicable
Employment contracts – not applicable
Remuneration records and policies – not
applicable
Employment Equity Policies– not applicable
Financial statements – not applicable
Annual financial statements – not applicable
Assets register– not applicable
Procurement contracts– not applicable
Tender documents– not applicable
Debtors and creditors journals - Private
Contracts/leases - Private
Information
available on the APG website and various online and print publications authored
by APG.
Circulars sent to the Industry or prospective
clients
Media Releases pertaining to APG
No records are available for inspection, all
records should be requested as prescribed by the Act.
The
following records are available for purchase:
The Manual of Information in respect of APG
A list of all SACI Registered PIs (until such
time as the Council finds an alternative ‘home’)
A
copy of any directly relevant specific file information, which is not private
to APG, sub-judice, or protected by client attorney or other legal privilege.
iii)
The Request Procedures
Form
of request:
The requester must use the prescribed form to
make the request for access to a record. This must be made to the head of the
public body. This request must be made to the address, fax number or electronic
mail address of the body concerned .
The requester must provide sufficient detail
on the request form to enable the head of the private body to identify the
record and the requester. The requester should also indicate which form of
access is required.
The
requester should also indicate if any other manner is to be used to inform the
requester and state the necessary particulars to be so informed.
The requester must identify the right that is
sought to be exercised or to be protected and provide an explanation of why the
requested record is required for the exercise or protection of that right.
If a request is made on behalf of a another
person, the requester must then submit proof of the capacity in which the
requester is making the request to the satisfaction of the head of the public
body.
Fees:
A
requester who seeks access to a record containing personal information about
that requester is not required to
pay
the request fee. Every other requester, who is not a personal requester, must
pay the required request fee:
The head of the public body must notify the
requester (other than a personal requester) by notice, requiring
the
requester to pay the prescribed fee (if any) before further processing the
request.
The fee that the requester must pay to a
public body is R35. The requester may lodge an application to the
court
against the tender or payment of the request fee.
After the head of the public body has made a
decision on the request, the requester must be notified in the required form.
If the request is granted then a further
access fee must be paid for the search, reproduction, preparation and for any
time that has exceeded the prescribed hours to search and prepare the record
for disclosure.
5.
Other information as may be prescribed
The
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development has not made any regulations
in this regard.
6.
Availability of the manual
This
manual is also available for inspection at the offices of APG by appointment,
free of
charge;
and copies are available with the SAHRC, in the Gazette as well as on the APG™
website.
Copyright
– AP Grudko, 2003 on.