Open Data South Africa Toolkit
  • Introduction
  • How can I activate a local data community?
  • How can government manage data for social impact?
  • Applications and tools
  • Open data resources
    • Working with spatial data in South Africa
    • Spatial, land and infrastructure data resources
    • Water, sanitation and climate data resources
    • Public finance and governance data resources
    • Company and private investment data resources
    • Healthcare data resources
    • Air quality data resources
    • Education data resources
    • Demographic and survey data resources
    • Police & defence data resources
    • Cultural and heritage data resources
    • Economy, employment, trade and industry data resources
    • Agriculture data resources
    • Media and democracy data resources
  • Activities and notices
    • Cultural Data Hackathon
    • Notice: Data extracts from NHI Bill
    • Notice: Data extracts from Land Reform Report
    • Challenge: Healthy Environment
    • Challenge: Spatial Transformation
    • Challenge: Accessible Healthcare
    • Campaign: Countering misinformation on social media
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  • Listed company reporting
  • Legal records
  • Registers of companies, trusts and individuals
  • Sector-specific tools and registers
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  1. Open data resources

Company and private investment data resources

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Listed company reporting

Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Stock Exchange News Service (SENS) can be accessed . You can also such as or .

Many South African companies are also listed on international exchanges, such as in the U.S. Filings from companies with their 'Principal executive offices' located in South Africa can be accessed on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) system. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is also a popular listing for South Africa-linked companies for which you can view specific , along with relevant news and announcements, similar to the JSE.

Legal records

The Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) database of court cases can be for specific companies.

South African Revenue Service (SARS) such as .

Judgements from the National Consumer Tribunal back to 2008 are available .

Also see for references to private companies.

Registers of companies, trusts and individuals

Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has an where you can look up information about a specific company using enterprise name, number of director ID.

Master of the High Court hosts a via its Integrated Case Management System (ICMS) Web Portal. You can also search for deceased, liquidation, curator and insolvency via the same link.

International databases and registers are also useful for accessing information on companies (and individuals associated with companies) based or operating in South Africa.

  • OECD aggregates data from multiple sources (some of which listed below)

  • Global list is available on

  • aggregates beneficial ownership information from various sources

  • European Union (EU) company registers for several countries are accessible via this

  • As an example see the . There is a people with significant control (PSC) snapshot which is a containing the full list of PSC's provided to Companies House.

  • is a commercial company search facility

Sector-specific tools and registers

Tools

Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA) .

The Tax Justice Network runs a which lists South Africa's .

National Credit Regulator (NCR) provides access to (and cancelled/ lapsed) credit providers, debt counsellors, credit bureaus, alternative dispute resolution providers, and payment distribution agencies.

Construction companies are registered with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB). Access the register

Mining company activity for South Africa is available via the .

Open banking is a growing area. Have a look at the and this example .

Other sectors have their own registers for providers such as in (e.g. licensed pharmacies, doctors and therapists).

Resource Projects lists payments made by corporates to governments (e.g. taxes and royalties) - mainly related to oil, gas and mining projects - including

tracks large-scale land acquisitions.

virtual participation in company AGMs.

publishes PDFs of registered and chartered directors
Financial Secrecy Index
adherence with several registers of information
databases of registered
here.
list of operating mines by Province
open banking tracker
API page for Nedbank
healthcare
South Africa.
Land Matrix
SmartAGM
here
view by company or 'equity issuer'
Steinhoff
AB InBev
EDGAR
profiles
searched
dispute resolution and judgements
Tax Court judgments
here
entity search
Trust Search
Analytical Database on Individual Multinationals and Affiliates (ADIMA)
Wikipedia
OpenOwnership
central search facility
UK Companies House search
downloadable data snapshot
Open Corporates
governance data resources page