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Government gazettes are a crucial source of actionable information about both government and the corporate sector.
Gazettes include everything from government tenders and regulations, to changes of names (both for people and places) and estate notices after deaths, as well as company registrations and deregistrations, financial statements, land restitution notices, liquor licence applications and transport permits, and much more.
Public access, free of charge, is however difficult. Physical copies are available at Thusong Service Centres and some libraries, but online access is spotty and fragmented. National and provincial copies are printed weekly, along with separate issues for liquor licenses, tender bulletins and legal notices. Some provinces, such as the Free State, charge for access.
Open Gazettes aims to change this, by building South Africa's largest collection of searchable online government gazettes, available to the public free of charge.
The initiative is spearheaded by the civic technology team at Code for South Africa (Code4SA), in partnership with the Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) and African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR), with support from Indigo Trust and Code for Africa.
Suggested update to text on the About page:
Government gazettes are a crucial source of actionable information about both government and the corporate sector.
Gazettes include everything from government tenders and regulations, to changes of names (both for people and places) and estate notices after deaths, as well as company registrations and deregistrations, financial statements, land restitution notices, liquor licence applications and transport permits, and much more.
Public access, free of charge, is however difficult. Physical copies are available at Thusong Service Centres and some libraries, but online access is spotty and fragmented. National and provincial copies are printed weekly, along with separate issues for liquor licenses, tender bulletins and legal notices. Some provinces, such as the Free State, charge for access.
Open Gazettes aims to change this, by building South Africa's largest collection of searchable online government gazettes, available to the public free of charge.
The initiative is spearheaded by the civic technology team at Code for South Africa (Code4SA), in partnership with the Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) and African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR), with support from Indigo Trust and Code for Africa.