BOTSWANA 5. Ministry of Labour & Home Affairs Category 1 - WEBSITE http://www.gov.bw/en/Ministries--Authorities/Ministries/Ministry-of-Labour--Home-Affairs-MLHA/ The MLHA website is well organized and transparent. The website has a fair amount of relevant and useful information. There is room for improvement though. n = 20 Yes 1. Does this website contain up to date information? No Partial • Additional Information Up to date information 2. Does the website contain: a) A description of its powers as well as data on the organisational structure, the functions, and the responsibilities of the administration? • • b) A list of laws, acts etc. issued within the scope of its powers. c) Reports, policies, programs? • • d) Budget and expenditure? e) Information about procurement procedures, signed contracts? • Tenders published f) Vacancies and employment procedures? • Search for vacancies available g) The name, the address, the telephone number and the working hours of the respective institution? • No names but designations h) The contact details of public officials? • No names i) A mechanism to request and receive a response to electronic messages • and requests for information? Total Score: 16/20 Category 2: Requests for Information The following questions were sent to the Ministry of Labour & Home Affairs. 1. How much does the Ministry spend on transporting illegal immigrants to Zimbabwe in a year alone? 2. How are you going to monitor companies on whether they will implement the new regulations on the minimum wage? 3. How many complaints have you received from aggrieved industrial workers; that is in 2012 alone? n = 20 1.Is there an official designated to take and respond to information requests? (Please state title of officials in ‘Additional Information’) Yes No Additional Information • Public Relations Officer 2. Did the institution reply within 21 days? (If less than 7 please state in ‘Additional Information’) • 3. Did the Institution respond to a request for information? • 4. Does the authority publish its procedures for dealing with information requests? • 5. Did the institution provide all of the information requested? (If partially please mark ‘No’, indicate in ‘Additional Information’ how much of the information requested was supplied) • 6. Did the institution provide written reasons for the refusal of information? (If information was not refused, please contact the institution to find out what the policy is in this regard –if the institution supplies written reasons for refusal mark ‘Yes’) • 7. Did the institution disclose information about its operations, budgets, structure etc. • 8. Did the authority provide information without questioning the aims and motivations of the applicant? • 9. Did the institution acknowledge your request for information within 7 days? • 10. Was the information received clear and understandable? • Total Score: 2/20 15