Introduction

Open Data South Africa is encouraging wider use of government data in communities around South Africa for social impact.
It is a joint initiative under the Open Government Partnership by the Department of Public Service and Administration, OpenUp, the Centre for Public Service Innovation, The Innovation Hub, Geekulcha, Open Cities Lab and the Human Sciences Research Council. Since early 2018 we have been adding to a working catalogue of public data sources, running community engagements and preparing an updated open data portal to help users find the open data resources they need.
We are encouraging small groups inside and outside of government to explore new applications of (mainly) government data. In this way we hope you are able to better understand what is going on around you and to take action. This toolkit contains advice and links to resources that can be used by students, researchers, activists and entrepreneurs. Test Test test
Guides
How can I activate a local data community?
How can government manage data for social impact?
Activities and notices
Notice: Data extracts from Land Reform Report
Challenge: Healthy Environment
Challenge: Spatial Transformation
Challenge: Accessible Healthcare
Campaign: Countering misinformation on social media
Open data resources
Demographic and survey data resources
Healthcare data resources
Police & defence data resources
Air quality data resources
Education data resources
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Working with spatial data in South Africa
Terms of use
Note that this is a working toolkit so there may be broken links and partial content. Open Data South Africa and its partners are not responsible for errors, omissions or misuse.
If you do have a question or think something should be added to this toolkit please tweet us for now on OpenDataZA.
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