(a) any advice, policy considerations and recommendations made to Cabinet; and

(b) any draft legislation or regulations prepared for submission or submitted to Cabinet.

(a) a public opinion poll;

(b) a statistical survey;

(c) an appraisal of an employee of the public body;

(d) a forecast of the economy;

(e) information relating to the state of the environment;

(f) an audit or performance report of a public body;

(g) a consumer test report or a report of a test carried out on a product to test equipment of the public body;

(h) a feasibility or technical study, including a cost estimate, relating to a policy or project of the public body;

(i) a report on the results of a field research undertaken before a policy proposal is formulated;

(j) a report of a committee, council or similar body that has been established to consider any matter and make reports or recommendations to a public body;

(k) a plan or proposal to establish a new programme or to change a programme, where the original plan or proposal had been approved or rejected by the head of the public body;

(a) affect the law enforcement process; or

(b) prejudice the defence and national security of the country and the safety or interests of the country by disclosing information protected from disclosure under the Official Secrets Act [Chapter 11:09]; or

(c) prejudice the defence and national security of a foreign country with which Zimbabwe has entered into a defence pact; or

(d) prevent the detection, prevention or suppression of espionage, sabotage or terrorism; or

(e) affect the effectiveness of investigation techniques and procedures used by the law enforcement agencies; or

(f) reveal the identity of a confidential source of law enforcement information; or

(g) reveal information relating to criminal intelligence that has a reasonable connection with the detection, prevention or suppression of organised criminal activities; or

(h) endanger the life or physical safety of a law enforcement officer or any other person; or

(i) reveal any information relating to or used in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion; or

(j) deprive a person of the right to a fair or impartial trial; or

(k) reveal information contained in a record that has been confiscated from a person by a peace officer in terms of the law; or

(l) facilitate the escape from custody of a person who is under lawful detention; or

(m) facilitate the commission of an offence in contravention of the law of Zimbabwe; or

(n) harm the security of any property or system, including a building, a vehicle, a computer system or a communications system; or

(o) prejudice the operations of the defence and security forces within or outside Zimbabwe; or

(p) result in the contravention of an Act of Parliament; or

(q) result in exposing a person to civil liability for disclosing personal information contained in a law enforcement record; or

(r) affect the custody, supervision or release of a person in custody.

(a) the contents of a report prepared in the course of routine inspections by an agency that is authorised to enforce compliance with an Act;

(b) the contents of a report, including statistical analysis, on the degree of success achieved in a law enforcement programme; or

(c) statistical information on decisions made by the Attorney-General on the prosecution of offences:

(a) affect the relations between the government and—

(b) divulge information received in confidence from a government, council or organisation referred to in paragraph (a).

(a) trade secrets of a public body or the government; or

(b) financial, commercial, scientific or technical information that belongs to a public body or to the government and has monetary value; or

(c) plans that relate to the management of personnel of or the administration of a public body or the government and that have not yet been implemented or made public; or

(d) information whose disclosure may result in the premature disclosure of a proposal or project or in undue financial loss or gain to a third party;

(e) information relating to negotiations made by or for a public body or the government.

(a) that is available to members of the public upon payment of a specific fee; or

(b) that will be published or released to members of the public within 60 days of the date of reception of the applicant’s request.

(a) harm significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the negotiating position of the third party;

(b) result in similar information being no longer provided to the public body when it is in the public interest that such information continues to be so provided; or

(c) result in undue financial loss or gain to any person or organisation; or

(d) reveal information supplied to an arbitrator, mediator, labour relations officer or other person or body appointed to resolve or inquire into a labour relations dispute; or

(e) reveal information that would harm the economic interests of the country.

(a) the disclosure is desirable or necessary for the purpose of subjecting the activities of the government or a public body to public scrutiny;

(b) the disclosure is likely to promote public health and safety or the protection of the environment;

(c) the personal information is relevant to a fair determination of the applicant’s rights;

(d) the disclosure will assist in researching or validating the claims, disputes or grievances of indigenous people;

(e) the third party will be exposed unfairly to financial or other harm;

(f) the personal information has been supplied in confidence;

(g) the personal information is likely to be inaccurate or unreliable; and

(h) the disclosure may unfairly damage the reputation of any person referred to in the record requested by the applicant.

(a) relates to a medical, psychiatric or psychological history, diagnosis, condition, treatment or evaluation;

(b) was compiled and is identifiable as part of an investigation into a possible violation of law, unless if disclosure is necessary to prosecute such violation or to continue the investigation;

(c) relates to eligibility for income assistance or social welfare benefits or to the determination of benefit levels;

(d) relates to employment, occupational or educational history;

(e) was obtained on a tax return or gathered for the purpose of collecting a tax;

(f) describes the third party’s finances, income, assets, liabilities, net worth, bank balances financial history or activities, or creditworthiness;

(g) consists of personal recommendations or evaluations, character references or personnel evaluations concerning the third party;

(h) disclosure could reasonably be expected to reveal that the third party supplied, in confidence, a personal recommendation or evaluation, character reference or personnel evaluation;

(i) indicates the third party’s racial or ethnic origin, religious or political beliefs or associations; or

(j) consists of the third party’s name, address, or telephone number and is to be used for mailing lists or solicitations by telephone or other means.

(a) the third party has, in writing, consented to or requested the disclosure;

(b) there are compelling circumstances affecting another person’s health or safety and notice of disclosure is mailed to the last known address of the third party;

(c) disclosure is authorised in terms of the laws of the country;

(d) the disclosure is for purposes of research or statistics;

(e) the information concerns the third party’s position, functions or remuneration as an officer, employee or member of a public body;

(f) the disclosure reveals financial and other details of a contract to supply goods or services to a public body;

(g) the information is about expenses incurred by the third party while travelling on the business and at the expense of a public body;

(h) the disclosure reveals details of a licence, permit or other similar discretionary benefit granted to the third party by a public body, not including personal information supplied in support of the application for the benefit; or

(i) the disclosure reveals details of a discretionary benefit of a financial nature granted to the third party by a public body, not including personal information that is supplied in support of an application for the benefit referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection (3).