Siyazana
- Logo
Siyazana is a tool that allows users to investigate connections between the public and private spheres in South African politics
- URL
- http://siyazana.co.za/
- Keywords
- database, politics, corporations, south africa, grano,
- Project Current Phase
- Released
- Project Start Date
- 2014
- Launch Date
- 2015
- Most Recent Update
- N/A
- Update Frequency
- yes
- Thematic Focus
- Exposure
- Issue addressed
- Political and corporate transparency
- Geographic Focus
- South Africa
Experience
How does a user interact with and navigate the project?
- Narrative
- Query
- Yes
- Geographic Map
- Timelines
- Lists
- Yes
- Network Visualisation
- Yes
- Other Visualisation
- Raw Data
- Yes
Description
Summary of the project and its approach
Siyazana provides users with a tool to investigate the connections that exist between the private and public spheres in South Africa. Specifically, it provides a unique insight into the financial connectivities that can, and often do, determine how, when, and why money is expended by government.
- Approach (How?)
- Siyazana is a database of influential people in South Africa, compiled from a wide variety of sources. It allows users to explore the connections between the public and private spheres of politicians and companies.
- Language
- English
- Commissioner
- ICFJ
- Publisher
- Institute for Security Studies (South Africa)
- Partners
- Institute for Security Studies, African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting
Impact
Indicators of reach and impact of the project
- Target Audience
- Online Audience Reached
- Small Network
- no ( followers)
- Publisher's Twitter Followers
- Online Rank
- Google: N/A Alexa: N.A OSE Domain Authority Rank: 13/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 38/100 ()
- Online Rank (Publisher)
- Google: Alexa:
- News Source
- Some
- Offline Audience Reached
- Regional
- Outcome
- N/A
- Last updated
- 22/10/2015
- Attempts against the project
- N/A /
Technology
What tools and code were used to create the project?
- Tech Best Practices:
- Code Repository
- https://github.com/ANCIR/siyazana.co.za
- Tool
- Database
- Frontend
- Backend
- Data Format
- Data Standard
- Technical Documentation URL
- Technical Architecture Documentation
- Schema Documentation
- Design Documentation
- API Documentation
Data Sources
- Data Sources
Team
Team size and expertise
- Team Size
- Small
- Team Experience
- Research
- Dedicated
- Data Science
- Dedicated
- Engineering
- Dedicated
- Design
- Dedicated
Project Methodology
What strategies were in place for managing the project?
- Project Methodology
- Agile
- Open Source
- Yes
- Open Data
- Yes
- Budget
- N/A
- Contracting
- N/A
- Risk Planning
- No planning
- Sustainability Planning
- No planning
Documented Practices
Documentation about project practices
: http://siyazana.co.za/pages/data.html
- Publish / Facilitate Data Reuse
- http://siyazana.co.za/pages/data.html
Practices
How projects handle different aspects of data management
- Data Modeling
- Relational
- Ethical Collection
- No guidelines
- Ethical Storage
- N/A
- Data Collection
- Trained Collectors
- Data Collection
- Data Verification
- Corroborated
- Data Cleaning
- N/A
- Data Analysis
- Graph
- Data Description
- Basic
- Data Licensing
- Open
- Ethical Publishing
- Cited Sources
- Ethical Publishing
- Data Publishing Mode
- Dump