Profiles of municipal heads in South Africa, focusing on key political figures such as the Mayor and Municipal Manager.
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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.
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| 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 Datasets | ||||||
| Information: | municipalmoney.gov.za | ||||||
| Source data: | municipaldata.treasury.gov.za · json | ||||||
| Tags: | list.pep · list.pep.bulk | ||||||
| Coverage: | added · frequency: weekly | ||||||
| Last processed: | 2026-08-17 12:00:03 · v. 20260817120003-hks · change statistics... | ||||||
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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 name | Export type | Size | |
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entities.ftm.json | FollowTheMoney entities | 1 MB | |
names.txt | Target names text file | 51.5 KB | |
senzing.json | Senzing entity format | 1.05 MB | |
targets.nested.json | Targets as nested JSON | 1,008.92 KB | |
targets.simple.csv | Targets as simplified CSV | 187.93 KB |
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You can query the data in this dataset via these API endpoints:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint: | |
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint: | |
| Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine: |
The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:
| Added | Name | Type | Countries |
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| Thobeka Mtshiselwa | Person | South Africa | |
| Mveleli M. Ngxowa | Person | South Africa | |
| Luyanda Ngwenya | Person | South Africa | |
| Gareth Mnisi | Person | South Africa | |
| Nthabeleng Raisa-Mlandu | Person | South Africa | |
| M.G Chauke | Person | South Africa | |
| Sibusiso Radebe | Person | South Africa | |
| Tsietsi Mohale | Person | South Africa | |
| Nkosiyezwe Cyprian Vezi | Person | South Africa | |
| Lucas Tshepo Titi | Person | South Africa | |
| Nkosana Maduna | Person | South Africa | |
| Feziwe Nogilana-Raphela | Person | South Africa | |
| Charity B Mkhize | Person | South Africa | |
| Themba Mbukushe | Person | South Africa | |
| Dhanphalan Devaraj Naidoo | Person | South Africa |
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