South Africa Municipal Leadership

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Profiles of municipal heads in South Africa, focusing on key political figures such as the Mayor and Municipal Manager.

The dataset provides information on Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) across all municipalities in South Africa. It focuses on individuals holding key positions of influence, including Mayor/Executive Mayor and Municipal Manager, within each municipality.

Data overview

Entities:
Total2,357
Searchable1,571
Targets785
Entity types:
Positions786
People785
Countries:
South Africa1,571
Publisher:National Treasury of South Africa (NT) · South Africa

The Constitution of the Republic (Chapter 13) mandates the National Treasury to ensure transparency, accountability and sound financial controls in the management of public finances.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons Datasets
Information:municipalmoney.gov.za
Source data:municipaldata.treasury.gov.za · json
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: weekly
Last processed:2025-10-20 12:00:02 · v. 20251020120002-ezl
Last change:

Bulk download

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities991.85 KB
names.txtTarget names text file51.4 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format1.05 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON972.64 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV187.43 KB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Samora NdlovuPersonSouth Africa
Sithembiso Andries ZuluPersonSouth Africa
Lindi ChiyaPersonSouth Africa
Vuyisile MasemulaPersonSouth Africa
Carlin KaysterPersonSouth Africa
NNRATENG SEBILOANEPersonSouth Africa
Karin SmitPersonSouth Africa
Busisiwe MaphumuloPersonSouth Africa
Elza SmithPersonSouth Africa
Michelle MorrisPersonSouth Africa
B N NkosiPersonSouth Africa
PJ MasekoPersonSouth Africa
MH KhotaPersonSouth Africa
Lz HlatshwayoPersonSouth Africa
A de Vries (Riaan)PersonSouth Africa
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