Profiles of municipal heads in South Africa, focusing on key political figures such as the Mayor and Municipal Manager.
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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.
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| 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: | 2026-03-23 12:00:02 · v. 20260323120002-bfo | ||||||
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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 name | Export type | Size | |
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entities.ftm.json | FollowTheMoney entities | 994.69 KB | |
names.txt | Target names text file | 51.49 KB | |
senzing.json | Senzing entity format | 1.05 MB | |
targets.nested.json | Targets as nested JSON | 975.45 KB | |
targets.simple.csv | Targets as simplified CSV | 188.16 KB |
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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: |
The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:
| Added | Name | Type | Countries |
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| TP Tebjani | Person | South Africa | |
| Phakama Noble Mhlongo | Person | South Africa | |
| Mulatwa | Person | South Africa | |
| Tumisang Jacob Pilane | Person | South Africa | |
| M. Yekani | Person | South Africa | |
| Lucky Steenkamp | Person | South Africa | |
| Oupa G. Hlope | Person | South Africa | |
| Nomhle Sango | Person | South Africa | |
| Dada Morero | Person | South Africa | |
| Kubelulo Makalima | Person | South Africa | |
| Leon Mzobanzi Vusumuzi Cele | Person | South Africa | |
| VB Mbatha | Person | South Africa | |
| Vukani Kheneth Gumede | Person | South Africa | |
| Andrew Elliot Pholose | Person | South Africa | |
| Nokubonga Duntsu | Person | South Africa |
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