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Water Resources of South Afric...
Theme: Environment
What Is It?
Extensive information on the water resources of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland in the form of monitoring data, GIS maps, water resource models, spreadsheets and tools.
Key Points
- GIS maps for rainfall, evaporation, streamflow, groundwater
- Land use and water use data
- WRSM/Pitman rainfall-runoff model datasets
- Study began in 2012 and completed in 2016
- location
- water
- monitoring
- planning
South African Atmospheric Emis...
Theme: Environment
What Is It?
SAAELIP is a website where industry can apply for and report on Atmospheric Emissions Licenses (AEL), and where residents can view license information.
Key Points
- Search for AELs by province and town
- Download AEL information for individual organisations
- View permitted operating emissions
- View reporting requirements
- air
- environment
- licensing
- monitoring
Department of Environmental Affairs
The Department of Environmental Affairs provides national leadership in environmental management, conservation and protection towards sustainability for the benefit of South Africans and the global community.
South African Air Quality Info...
Theme: Environment
What Is It?
SAAQIS provides near real-time air quality data from over 70 monitoring stations, as well as key legislation and subnational air quality management plans.
Key Points
- Graphs of air quality by location
- Filter by pollutant types
- Download air quality data as XLSX files
- View air quality management plans and legislation
- air
- environment
- climate
- monitoring
Department of Environmental Affairs
The Department of Environmental Affairs provides national leadership in environmental management, conservation and protection towards sustainability for the benefit of South Africans and the global community.
Bioenergy Atlas for South Afri...
Theme: Environment
What Is It?
The Bioenergy Atlas for South Africa collects data related to bioenergy resources and energy sector infrastructure across South Africa.
Key Points
- Location and estimated volume of available biomass
- Location of electricity, gas & petroleum infrastructure
- Processing facilities for bioenergy feedstocks
- Most data available as SHP files
- energy
- agriculture
- environment
- planning
Water Quality Data Exploration...
Theme: Environment
What Is It?
This resource provides various layers of data related to water quality monitoring on South African drainage regions and associated rivers, including river lines.
Key Points
- Various KMZ/ KML files for download
- Primary to quarternary drainage regions
- Nine water management areas
- All rivers of South Africa
- location
- water
- monitoring
Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS)
The Department of Water and Sanitation is the custodian of South Africa's water resources. It is primarily responsible for the formulation and implementation of policy governing this sector.
SANBI Biodiversity GIS (BGIS)
Theme: Environment
What Is It?
SANBI BGIS publishes biodiversity-related spatial datasets along with detailed meta-data. Also view data through a map view and generate PDF analysis reports for areas of interest.
Key Points
- Vegetation, land cover and threatened ecosystem data
- Download datasets directly, without login
- Map views of most data
- Land Use Decision Support tool to generate PDF analysis
- land
- location
- environment
- conservation
- oceans
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) contributes to South Africa’s sustainable development by facilitating access to biodiversity data, generating information and knowledge, building capacity, providing policy advice, showcasing and conserving biodiversity in its national botanical and zoological gardens.
E-GIS Renewable Energy Project...
Theme: Environment
What Is It?
Mapping of environmental impact assessments (EIA) for renewable energy supply projects in South Africa, and designated renewable energy development zones.
Key Points
- Renewable energy project locations and boundaries
- EIA application status: in progress, approved, refused
- Quarterly updates
- Data available as Shapefiles
- energy
- environment
- licensing
Department of Environmental Affairs
The Department of Environmental Affairs provides national leadership in environmental management, conservation and protection towards sustainability for the benefit of South Africans and the global community.
Stats SA Transport Statistics
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) publishes statistics on household travel patterns, passenger and freight transportation, transport prices and employment in transport activities.
Key Points
- 2013 National Household Travel Survey
- Monthly land transport survey
- Monthly motor trade sales
- Monthly CPI on fuel and transport
- statistics
- location
- transport
Statistics South Africa
Statistics South Africa leads the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of official and other statistical data to support economic growth, socio-economic development, democracy and good governance.
Municipal Money
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
Municipal Money is a website for citizens to view their local government spending and financial performance, and to compare municipalities.
Key Points
- Based on Section 71 submissions by municipalities
- Data from 2009 to 2017
- Map-based selection of municipalities
- API provides data in machine-friendly format
- finance
- spending
- income
- tax
- municipality
- service delivery
Renewable Energy Data and Info...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
REDIS publishes data on renewable energy projects around South Africa, with regular updates on production and operating capacity and load factors.
Key Points
- Location and contracted capacity of projects
- Photovoltaic capacity by technology
- Monthly production and operating capacity
- Links to renewable energy resource sites
- energy
- environment
Chief Surveyor Cadastral Spati...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
The Chief Surveyor General (CSG) viewer shows the boundaries of all parcels of land in South Africa, along with administrative boundaries, servitudes, leases and mineral rights.
Key Points
- Farm, holding and erven boundaries
- For 7 million+ land parcels
- Includes leases, servitudes and mineral rights
- Map and table views of data
- land
- rural
- urban
- location
- property
- planning
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) focuses on the social and economic development of rural South Africa.
stepSA Socio-Economic Indicato...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
Economic and social information for more than 25,000 meso-zones (approximately 50km2 in size) across South Africa.
Key Points
- GVA per sector for each mesozone
- Demographic data each mesozone
- Settlement typology for towns and cities
- Data published as GeoJSON and GDB
- location
- manufacturing
- agriculture
- mining
- employment
- population
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
The CSIR is a public research and development organisation established through an Act of Parliament in 1945 which undertakes directed, multidisciplinary research and technological innovation that contributes to the improved quality of the life of South Africans.
Eskom Transmission Network
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
Eskom publishes a report and supporting data on the existing electricity transmission network and an indication of available transmission capacity for the connection of new generation.
Key Points
- Existing and planned transmissions lines
- Existing and planned transmission substations
- Planned renewable energy IPP locations
- Data available as PDF and SHP file
- energy
- planning
OpenStreetMap - South Africa M...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
OpenStreetMap (OSM) sources data from a global community of mappers on roads, railways and related spatial information and makes this data available for everyone to use.
Key Points
- Mainly road, rail and point of interest information
- Administrative boundaries for municipalities and provinces
- Updated data extracts are published daily
- Licensed under CC-BY-SA
- land
- location
- transport
- rail
Companies and Intellectual Pro...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
The CIPC eServices website enables public users to search the name, registration number and directors of all registered companies in South Africa, and to register and manage their own business activities.
Key Points
- Search on company name or registration number
- Search on director ID number and surname
- Can only search and view a single company record at a time
- Register and maintain company details online
- intellectual property
- business
- licensing
- company
Companies And Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission is an organ of state responsible for the registration of companies and intellectual property and for the disclosure of information through its business registers.
Phase 1 State Land Audit Datas...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
Extracts from the Phase 1 State Land Audit including parcel-level records for land in the eThekwini Municipality and Northern Cape Province.
Key Points
- Data on land owned by the State
- Data collection between 2010-2013
- 140,000+ records for eThekwini and Northern Cape
- Parcel number, owner, land use
- land
- rural
- urban
- agriculture
- property
- monitoring
- planning
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) focuses on the social and economic development of rural South Africa.
Phase 1 State Land Audit Repor...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
A report analysing data compiled during the Phase 1 State Land Audit conducted by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform.
Key Points
- Report was released in 2013
- Analyses land ownership by the State
- Uses Phase 1 State Land Audit dataset
- Data collection started in 2010
- land
- rural
- urban
- agriculture
- property
- monitoring
- planning
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) focuses on the social and economic development of rural South Africa.
All Media and Products Survey ...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
Marketing Research Foundation (MRF), previously the South African Audience Research Foundation (SAARF), publishes aggregate data from surveys of South African consumers about their purchasing behaviour and use of mass media.
Key Points
- Survey of consumers based on interviews and questionnaires
- Ownership of motor vehicles, durable items, small appliances
- Also covers use of mass media, financial services, retail stores
- AMPS is to be replaced by MAPS
- research
- spending
- business
- telecommunications
- company
Marketing Research Foundation (MRF)
Marketing Research Foundation is an independent non-profit company, acting as the custodian and repository of research expertise for marketers and their advertising industry partners.
Land Claims Annual Reports
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
The Commission on the Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) annual reports contains tables related to the land restitution process. This includes land claims lodged, researched, finalised, settled.
Key Points
- Aggregate data by year and province
- Information on individual land claims
- Claim location, hectares, value and type
- Data extracted from annual reports for 2012-2017
- land
- rural
- urban
- property
Land Claims Court Judgments
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
List of judgements by the Land Claims Court in South Africa. These judgments concern land claims cases referred by the CRLR office or directly from claimants or affected land owners.
Key Points
- Over 600 judgments between 1996 and 2018
- Date of judgment, judge, applicant and respondents
- Detailed information on merits and order
- Each judgment published as a scanned PDF file
- land
- rural
- urban
- law
- property
Land Claims Court of South Africa
The Land Claims Court was established in 1996 and its primary focus is dealing with land restitution or land claims cases.
South African Post Office (SAP...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
A list of SAPO-owned and Retail Postal Agency (RPA) post offices across South Africa including location, contact and service information.
Key Points
- Over 1500 SAPO-owned post offices
- Over 840 RPA post office agencies
- Address and GPS coordinates
- Average monthly transaction volumes
- location
- finance
- telecommunications
- social services
South African Post Office (SAPO)
The South African Post Office is a State-Owned Company mandated to provide postal services in accordance with the Postal Services Act of 1998.
Stats SA Economy and Employmen...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) collects and publishes detailed data on economic activity and employment in the country, for different sectors and at a provincial (regional) level.
Key Points
- GDP contributions by sector and province
- Consumer (CPI)/ Producer Price Index (PPI)
- Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES)
- Financial statistics for provincial and municipal governments
- statistics
- research
- finance
- spending
- budget
- trade
- manufacturing
- employment
- business
Statistics South Africa
Statistics South Africa leads the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of official and other statistical data to support economic growth, socio-economic development, democracy and good governance.
Government Tenders and Request...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
Government entities publish information on larger tenders, Requests for Proposals (RFP) and Requests for Information (RFI) as well as simpler and/or smaller Request for Quotes (RFQ).
Key Points
- RFPs, RFIs and tenders are normally larger than RFQs
- Includes technical specifications, delivery timelines
- Are often posted in a tender bulletin and on entity websites
- Normally published as a PDF
- finance
- spending
- municipality
- province
National Treasury
The National Treasury is responsible for ensuring transparency, accountability and sound financial controls in the management of South Africa’s public finances.
DAFF Agricultural Geo-Referenc...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) AGIS provides public access to spatial and non-spatial agricultural information and related datasets.
Key Points
- Crop locations, grazing capacity, soil type, rainfall, temperature
- Agriculture infrastructure including feedlots, markets, abattoirs
- Most data accessed via interactive map viewers
- Download spatial data files
- land
- rural
- location
- finance
- agriculture
- planning
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) aims to advance food security and transformation of the sector through innovative, inclusive and sustainable policies, legislation and programmes.
DAFF Agriculture Marketing Inf...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) MIS aggregates and publishes data on current prices, price trends and value chains for various agricultural products.
Key Points
- Weekly price watch for grains, beef, lamb and pork
- Daily fresh produce market prices in SA cities
- Data on horticulture, livestock, fieldcrops, industrial products
- Provincial data on agriculture infrastructure and role players
- rural
- income
- agriculture
- business
- planning
- statistics
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) aims to advance food security and transformation of the sector through innovative, inclusive and sustainable policies, legislation and programmes.
South African Spatial Data Inf...
Theme: Economy
What Is It?
The SASDI EMC aggregates spatial meta-data (and data) which is captured and published by data custodians from various South African departments and agencies.
Key Points
- Meta-data (and data) for over 2000 spatial datasets
- Administrative and census boundaries
- NGI imagery and topographic maps
- Climate, environmental, energy and transport datasets
- land
- rural
- urban
- location
- transport
- roads
- rail
- energy
- environment
- water
- oceans
- municipality
- province
- planning
- population
National Home Builders Registr...
Theme: People
What Is It?
The National Home Building Registration Council (NHBRC) maintains a register of verified building professionals, which you can query through their online database search.
Key Points
- Over 90,000 builder records
- Shows the status of their NHBRC registration
- Filter by province and registration status
- Data available in HTML tables
- business
- licensing
- property
- company
- housing
National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC)
The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) is a regulatory body of the home building industry.
Wazimap Census and Elections D...
Theme: People
What Is It?
Wazimap is a website providing interactive maps and table views of South African census and elections data, down to province, municipality and ward level.
Key Points
- 2011 census and 2016 community survey data
- Compare different areas’ demographics
- Embed charts on your website
- Export GeoJSON for spatial visualisation
- statistics
- location
- energy
- water
- election
- municipality
- service delivery
- education
- population
- sanitation
Essential Medicine List and Ma...
Theme: People
What Is It?
The Essential Drug Programme (EDP) in the Department of Health (DOH) publishes an Essential Medicines List and Standard Treatment Guidelines as well as a medicine master procurement catalogue.
Key Points
- Over 1,100 medicines listed in master procurement catalogue
- Includes supplier, price, lead time and contract end date
- XLSX file is updated monthly
- Essential medicines and treatment guidelines in PDF
- finance
- spending
- health
Department of Health (DOH)
The Department of Health (DOH) aims to improve the health status of South Africans through the prevention of illnesses and the promotion of healthy lifestyles and to consistently improve the healthcare delivery system by focusing on access, equity, efficiency, quality and sustainability.
Stats SA Household Statistics
Theme: People
What Is It?
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) publishes statistical information on the provision of services to households including dwellings, water and electricity; as well as use of health services and education.
Key Points
- General Household Survey (GHS) runs annually
- Living Conditions Survey 2015 and Community Survey 2016
- Data on access to services such as education, health
- Data on access to utilities such as water, electricity
- statistics
- research
- energy
- water
- municipality
- service delivery
- province
- social services
- housing
Statistics South Africa
Statistics South Africa leads the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of official and other statistical data to support economic growth, socio-economic development, democracy and good governance.
Youth Explorer
Theme: People
What Is It?
Youth Explorer provides visual insights and easy-to-access to data about young people's education, economic opportunities, family and living environment, and health.
Key Points
- Youth-related data from Census 2011 and Community Survey 2016
- Crime data from SAPS
- Youth education and health data for Western Cape
- Embed visualisations on your website
- statistics
- research
- employment
- service delivery
- education
- population
- youth
The UCT Poverty and Inequality Initiative seeks to take committed and excellent research and researchers into processes aimed at finding and developing viable and impact-driven policies and interventions to overcome poverty and inequality.
Higher Education and Training ...
Theme: People
What Is It?
DHET publishes data on the status and services provided by post-school training institutions as well as statistics related to student intake and performance, staffing and NSFAS funding distribution.
Key Points
- Covers universities, TVETs, CETs and SETA learning programmes
- Lists of registered, closed and illegal training institutions
- Enrolments and examination results by field of study and gender
- Staff numbers by population group and position
- statistics
- research
- monitoring
- education
- youth
Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) aims to build a differentiated and fully-inclusive post-school system that allows South Africans to access relevant post-school education and training.
Stats SA Population Statistics
Theme: People
What Is It?
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) publishes reports on population changes across South Africa. Data is collected through the Census, vital statistics reporting and regular surveys.
Key Points
- Age, race, births and deaths
- Location and migration
- Education, employment and access to services
- Census 2011, vital statistics reporting and regular surveys
- statistics
- location
- research
- employment
- population
- youth
- birth
- death
- migration
Statistics South Africa
Statistics South Africa leads the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of official and other statistical data to support economic growth, socio-economic development, democracy and good governance.
DataFirst Open Data Portal
Theme: People
What Is It?
The DataFirst Open Data portal gives researchers access to high-quality disaggregated data (microdata) from studies conducted in African countries.
Key Points
- Microdata from over 400 studies
- Detailed study descriptions and meta-data
- From poverty, education and elections to telecommunications
- Must register to access microdata and accept terms of use
- statistics
- research
- transport
- energy
- income
- employment
- telecommunications
- water
- performance
- service delivery
- monitoring
- education
- schools
- health
- social services
- migration
- housing
UCT Datafirst
DataFirst is a research data service dedicated to opening up South African and other African survey and administrative microdata to researchers and policy analysts.
Medicine Registrations and Dis...
Theme: People
What Is It?
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) regulates the introduction (and withdrawal) of medicines in South Africa, and publishes new medicine registration notifications as well as information on licenses to manufacture and distribute medicine, product recalls and safety alerts.
Key Points
- Over 12,500 new medicine registrations have been recorded
- Monthly updates with details on new registrations
- Includes name, dosage form, active ingredients, shelf-life
- Published as tables in PDF documents
- licensing
- health
South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is the successor to the Medicines Control Council (MCC), and regulates the the manufacture, distribution, sale, and marketing of medicines.
National Income Dynamics Study...
Theme: People
What Is It?
NIDS is a multi-year study started in 2008 to track and understand changes in poverty and well-being amongst a sample of individuals in households across the country.
Key Points
- Track changes in livelihoods and poverty
- 28,000 individuals in 7,300 households
- Repeat study every 2 years with same households
- Micro-data available through Datafirst
- spending
- energy
- income
- employment
- water
- education
- youth
- migration
- housing
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) aims to facilitate effective planning, monitoring and evaluation of government programmes to improve service delivery and impact on society.
Medicine Dispensing and Pharma...
Theme: People
What Is It?
The Licensing Unit in the Affordable Medicines Directorate at the Department of Health (DOH) receives applications to prescribe and dispense medicines and publishes a list of approved individuals and pharmacies.
Key Points
- Over 5,500 licenced medicine dispensers in South Africa
- Licence data includes name, address and expiry date of licence
- Also data on Section 22A(15) Primary Care Drug Therapy (PCDT) permits
- And pharmacy premises license applications
- licensing
- health
Department of Health (DOH)
The Department of Health (DOH) aims to improve the health status of South Africans through the prevention of illnesses and the promotion of healthy lifestyles and to consistently improve the healthcare delivery system by focusing on access, equity, efficiency, quality and sustainability.
DBE Education Management Infor...
Theme: People
What Is It?
The EMIS page on the Department of Basic Education (DBE) website points to education information managed by this unit, including the Schools Masterlist and school surveys.
Key Points
- Schools masterlist has learner numbers for each school
- GPS coordinates for most schools
- Provincial contacts for information requests
- SNAP and NSC survey data
- statistics
- research
- monitoring
- education
- schools
Department of Basic Education
The Department of Basic Education aims to develop, maintain and support a South African school education system for the 21st century.
South African Medicine Price R...
Theme: People
What Is It?
The Medicine Price Registry (MPR) website publishes the latest single exit price (SEP) schedules as approved by the Pharmaceutical Economic Evaluation Unit of the Department of Health (DOH).
Key Points
- SEP is the regulated price for medicine purchased privately
- Database of medicine prices updated every month
- Medicine and supplier names, price, originator or generic status
- Over 15,000 records
- finance
- spending
- licensing
- health
Department of Health (DOH)
The Department of Health (DOH) aims to improve the health status of South Africans through the prevention of illnesses and the promotion of healthy lifestyles and to consistently improve the healthcare delivery system by focusing on access, equity, efficiency, quality and sustainability.
Open Gazettes
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
Open Gazettes South Africa is the biggest freely available collection of Government Gazette in the country and makes the original PDFs documents easy to search and browse online.
Key Points
- 34000+ gazettes from 1958 to 2018
- National and provincial gazettes
- Filter on collection, person/ company, publication date
- Setup alerts for new gazettes based on search results
- legislation
- law
- parliament
Parliamentary Monitoring Group...
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
PMG provides information on parliamentary committee proceedings in the form of detailed, unofficial minutes, documents and sound recordings of the meeting.
Key Points
- Detailed meeting minutes and supporting documents
- Profiles of MPs present at meetings
- Download audio recordings
- Get free email alerts on a specific committee's activities
- legislation
- parliament
Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) aims to provide accurate, objective, and current information on all parliamentary committee proceedings in the form of detailed, unofficial minutes and documents and, since 2007, sound recordings of the meeting.
TRACE Transparent Corporates
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
Transparent Corporates (TRACE) aggregates links to public data regarding private sector and state-owned companies from SENS, land registry and tender sources.
Key Points
- Simple company name search
- Links to content in Government Gazettes
- Also UK Land Registry and SENS
- And tender bulletins and restricted suppliers up to 2016
- finance
- business
- legislation
- law
- property
- company
OpenUp
OpenUp builds tools, opens up data, and provides training that supports active citizenry and helps communities and government work together.
IEC Elections Data
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) publishes data on election results, voting stations and party lists which can be downloaded or accessed via an API.
Key Points
- Download election results in PDF or XLSX format
- Voting stations by province
- Political party lists
- Candidates lists
- election
- municipality
- province
- parliament
Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)
The IEC is a permanent body created by the Constitution to manage free and fair elections at all levels of government.
South African Cities Open Data...
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
SCODA is an open data repository and exploration platform to easily access, visualize and download key data related to urban development in South African cities.
Key Points
- 102 indicators of city performance
- Explore 12 key city indicators as interactive infographics
- Demographic model explorer
- Download data as CSV or as a graphic PNG
- energy
- water
- municipality
- performance
- service delivery
- monitoring
- planning
- population
- social services
Laws of South Africa - Consoli...
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
Laws of South Africa provides consolidated, in-force national legislation and regulations, as well as historical versions of these documents.
Key Points
- Current and historical versions of all national legislation
- Over 1500 current documents
- Over 2500 historical documents
- From Agriculture and Forestry to Wills and Succession
- legislation
- law
- parliament
University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria is a leading research university in South Africa and one of the largest in the country.
Southern African Legal Informa...
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
SAFLII publishes legal information for free public access which comprises mainly of case law and legislation from South Africa, but also legal materials from other countries in Africa.
Key Points
- Judgments from high courts across South Africa
- Judgments from various other courts including Constitutional Court
- Includes some national legislation
- Many texts in HTML with hyperlinks to related or repealed content
- legislation
- law
- parliament
Municipal Barometer
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
The Municipal Barometer is a web-based portal for sharing local level data on municipalities. It provides access to municipal data for both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Key Points
- Data for 220+ municipalities
- Demographics, economy, access to services, finances, human resources and management
- Compare and rank performance of municipalities
- finance
- spending
- energy
- water
- municipality
- performance
- service delivery
- monitoring
- social services
- sanitation
South African Local Government Association (SALGA)
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) is an autonomous association of all 257 South African local governments, comprising of a national association, with one national office and nine provincial offices.
MDB Municipal Boundary Data
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
The Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) publishes updated boundary data for administrative regions in South Africa at district, local and ward levels.
Key Points
- 250+ municipality boundaries
- 4000+ ward boundaries
- Published in SHP and KML formats
- Updated in 2016
- election
- municipality
Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
The Municipal Demarcation Board is an independent authority responsible for the determination of municipal boundaries.
National Geo-spatial Informati...
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
National Geo-spatial Information (NGI), a component of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), runs an integrated survey system and provides mapping and aerial imagery coverage of South Africa.
Key Points
- Topographical and aeronautical maps
- Colour digital aerial imagery
- Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) reference base station data
- South African Spatial Data Infrastructure (SASDI)
- land
- location
- transport
- roads
- rail
- energy
- water
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) focuses on the social and economic development of rural South Africa.
City of Cape Town Open Data Po...
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
The City of Cape Town Open Data Portal publishes data related to City resources, services, geography and governance.
Key Points
- Over 120 datasets
- Popular datasets are water consumption and tender awards
- Recent datasets for business licenses, city buildings, health districts
- Direct download, no login needed
- land
- rural
- urban
- location
- transport
- roads
- rail
- finance
- spending
- energy
- income
- business
- tourism
- air
- water
- municipality
- service delivery
- licensing
- law
- property
- health
- social services
- sanitation
- housing
- crime
City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality
The City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality is the local government responsible for governance of the City of Cape Town and surrounding areas.
Vulekamali Online Budget Data ...
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
Vulekamali contains national and provincial budget data and budget process information from National Treasury (NT) and related data contributed by third parties.
Key Points
- Budgets for over 130 national and provincial departments
- Data from 2015/16 - 2018/19 financial years
- Available in CSV and XLSX formats
- Data and process guides, helper videos in 5 languages
- finance
- spending
- budget
- province
- parliament
Afrobarometer
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
Afrobarometer releases data from their public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues in more than 35 countries in Africa.
Key Points
- Surveys topics: from conflict to gender equality and tolerance
- Online data analysis tool
- Direct download of merged data, no login required
- Subnationally geocoded data for 1999-2015
- statistics
- research
- finance
- employment
- service delivery
- monitoring
- parliament
- youth
- health
- social services
- women
- crime
Afrobarometer
Afrobarometer is a pan-African, non-partisan research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues in more than 35 countries in Africa.
DeedsWeb
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
DeedsWeb is a web-based interface for up-to-date land registration information located on the Deeds Registration System database.
Key Points
- Property search using township, deed, ERF or farm number
- Property owner search using name or ID
- Register and pay transaction fee to access deeds information
- Download PDF copies of deeds and related documents
- land
- business
- licensing
- law
- property
- company
- housing
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) focuses on the social and economic development of rural South Africa.
AGSA Audit Results
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) provides detailed results for audits conducted on on all government departments, public entities, municipalities and public institutions.
Key Points
- Annual MFMA, PFMA and special reports
- Audit outcomes and controls
- Financial health and supply chain management
- Detailed results data available as XLSX annexures
- finance
- spending
- income
- monitoring
Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA)
The AGSA is a Chapter 9 institution and the supreme audit institution (SAI) of South Africa, responsible for auditing and reporting on how the government is spending the South African taxpayers’ money.
Open By-laws South Africa
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
Open By-laws makes the By-laws in municipalities available in an easy-to-access and searchable format by extracting By-law text from PDF documents.
Key Points
- Large cities have more than 25 By-laws
- Published By-laws date from 1993 onward
- Embedded definitions for jargon and technical words
- Download as ePUB, PDF or HTML
- municipality
- legislation
- law
OpenUp
OpenUp builds tools, opens up data, and provides training that supports active citizenry and helps communities and government work together.
People’s Assembly
Theme: Governance
What Is It?
The People’s Assembly website provides information about our elected representatives and the institutions they serve, including positions held, committee attendance and private interests.
Key Points
- Find your constituency's member of parliament (MP)
- View their register of interests including gifts, shares, property
- Track and compare MP meeting attendance
- Get your MP contact information
- performance
- legislation
- service delivery
- law
- parliament
Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) aims to provide accurate, objective, and current information on all parliamentary committee proceedings in the form of detailed, unofficial minutes and documents and, since 2007, sound recordings of the meeting.