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The voter’s toolkit for 2026
Ahead of the 4 November local elections, OpenUp has gathered free tools to help you check your ward, follow the money, track coalitions and spot…
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New WaterCAN system: Join the national campaign for water safety
Map your water, protect your community. WaterCAN's rebuilt app features improved maps, better data capture and admin tools – with all your old data…
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ParliMeter launch: a ground-breaking parliamentary oversight tool
OUTA, PMG, and OpenUp worked together to build this online tool to help anyone track what’s going on in Parliament
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Nothing to declare: The Illusion of Transparency in South Africa’s Parliamentary Disclosures
MP disclosures lack accessibility and consistency, weakening oversight. A structured, searchable format would improve transparency and oversight.
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Tracking progress: The data issues facing South Africa's BRRRs
ParliMeter conducted a comprehensive investigation into how easy (or not) it is to track budgetary recommendations from year to year.
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Whose Vote Counts: A project in political transparency
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Supercharging Google Sheets with the Power of ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a useful tool for generating test data quickly and easily. It can save you time and effort on your projects. While it has limitations, it…
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Making IDPs more accessible with technology
This article discusses the challenges of accessing IDPs (Integrated Development Plans) caused by the use of complex language and jargon heavy…
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Mapping out justice: why we built a free legal resource repository
Are you tired of feeling lost and overwhelmed when it comes to accessing legal assistance in South Africa? Look no further! OpenUps Eviction Team…
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Eviction Guide South Africa launches a new tool to help tenants find free legal support closest to them
OpenUp has compiled a free South African legal resources database and made it available in an easy-to-use mapping tool so that you can find the…
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How to select all geographies at a given level in one go using StatsSA's SuperWEB2
With over 4,400 municipal wards in South Africa, manually selecting and downloading data from SuperWEB2 can be tedious and time consuming — but it…
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Simple tech tool helps to expose huge Lottery corruption
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