Last updated 16 September 2026
This manual is published under section 51 of the Promotion of Access to
Information Act, 2 of 2000. It explains what records we hold and how to ask for
one.
1. Particulars of the private body
- Registered name: Excellion Group (Pty) Ltd
- Registration number: 2024/491600/07
- Trading as, for this website: NexTechSA
- Address: 54 Webb Street, Northmead, Benoni, Gauteng, 1501, South Africa
- Email: hello@nextechsa.co.za
- Telephone: +27 71 777 7072
- Website: nextechsa.co.za
2. Information Officer
Marius Yssel is the Information Officer and handles every request under this
manual. Direct all requests and enquiries to
hello@nextechsa.co.za.
3. The Regulator's PAIA guide
The Information Regulator publishes a guide on how to use the Act. It is available
from the Regulator in all official languages, free of charge, and on its website at
inforegulator.org.za.
4. Records held
- Company records: registration documents, tax records, financial records.
- Editorial records: drafts, correspondence with contributors and interviewees,
research notes and source material.
- Subscriber records: the newsletter list, being email addresses and confirmation
dates.
- Correspondence: messages received through the contact form and the mailbox.
- Website records: server logs and aggregate analytics reports.
- Supplier and sponsorship records: agreements, invoices and related
correspondence.
5. Records available without a formal request
Everything published on nextechsa.co.za is available to anyone, free, with no
request needed. That covers all articles, the ethics and sponsorship policy, the
privacy and cookie notice and this manual.
6. How to request a record
- Use Form 2 of the PAIA Regulations and send it to the Information Officer at
the address above.
- Give enough detail to identify the record, and your contact details.
- State the right you are trying to exercise and why the record is needed for
it.
- Say how you want to receive the record.
- Pay the prescribed request fee where one applies. Access fees for reproduction,
search and preparation are charged at the rates in the PAIA Regulations, and we
confirm the amount before any work starts.
- We decide inside 30 days and tell you in writing. The period extends by a
further 30 days where the request covers a large number of records.
A request for your own personal information carries no request fee.
7. When access is refused
The Act sets out the grounds. They include the privacy of a third party,
commercial information of a third party, legal privilege, and records held for
legal proceedings. We also rely on section 67 where it applies, which protects a
journalistic source and unpublished material gathered for publication. A refusal is
given in writing with the reasons and the provisions relied on.
8. Remedies
There is no internal appeal in a private body. If we refuse, you may complain to
the Information Regulator or apply to a court within 180 days.
9. Availability of this manual
This manual sits on this page and is available on request in printed form from the
Information Officer at no charge.
Contact the Information Officer
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