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South Africa Municipal Leadership

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:
Total6,516
Searchable4,325
Targets2,134
Entity types:
Positions2,191
People2,134
Countries:
South Africa4,325
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 (PEPs)
Information:municipalmoney.gov.za
Source data:municipaldata.treasury.gov.za · json
Coverage:added · frequency: weekly
Last processed:2025-04-14 12:00:03
Last change:
Warnings:1 Warning

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 entities2.69 MB
names.txtTarget names text file147.22 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format2.89 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON2.64 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV502.19 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
MOTSWENE DINGAAN SOLLYPersonSouth Africa
Marlene NaidooPersonSouth Africa
Thandeka MavusoPersonSouth Africa
Fikile ShabalalaPersonSouth Africa
Anita StrydomPersonSouth Africa
PHILANI MAZIBUKOPersonSouth Africa
Nozuko MgidiPersonSouth Africa
Sethabile ThangoPersonSouth Africa
Mengiwe NgobesePersonSouth Africa
N RatelePersonSouth Africa
Wendy TshabalalaPersonSouth Africa
Bukelwa Patricia MnwebaPersonSouth Africa
Jolene DunnPersonSouth Africa
Sipokazi TantsiPersonSouth Africa
Thandazile MayisePersonSouth Africa
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