The Story So Far

Whether you discovered this site by chance, or have some idea of what Open Data Durban is about, I thought it would be good to give the “story so far”. Open Data Durban was born out of a deep frustration with the way we as a country, and particularly as a city, are progressing. This is not to…

The Durban Answers Project: Connecting Citizens with Government

To the average citizen, South Africa’s government structure or “the who does what” of government is ambiguous and counterintuitive, and just doesn’t make sense. This problem isn’t special to South Africa. In fact…

Stats SA SDG Technical Workshop

“Leave no one behind” is the commitment made by The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)…

Data Skills for Journalists

“Data journalism is an umbrella term that, to my mind, encompasses an ever-growing set of tools, techniques, and approaches to storytelling. It can include everything from traditional computer-assisted reporting (using data as a ‘source’) to the most cutting edge data…

#GreenAlert — Acquisition of Data

#GreenAlert — Getting the Data

#GreenAlert KwaZulu-Natal Pilot — Kick off

“A clean environment is a human right like any other. It is, therefore, part of our…