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April 14, 2022
Fiscal Openness
Fiscal Openness - Africa and the Middle East
A Quest to Open Up Budget Data
South Africa / February 22, 2022
SUMMARY
Government budgets are often complicated and technical, so simply publishing them does not necessarily make them accessible to most citizens. In South Africa, the data the government made public was static and unintegrated, and civil society actors observed that citizens were not using the data as extensively as they could.
To address this, the National Treasury partnered with the civil society coalition IMALI YETHU to create an online platform called Vulekamali. Hear from one of its creators, Zuki Kota, who continues to champion open government practices to make budget information more accessible to the public.
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ABOUT THIS STORY
THEME
Fiscal Openness
REGION
Africa and the Middle East
COUNTRY / LOCALITY
South Africa
SOURCE
OGP
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE
Complete
FOCUS LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT
National
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The Open Government Partnership (OGP) brings together government leaders and civil society advocates to Promote transparent, participatory, inclusive and accountable governance. Seventy-six countries and 106 local governments — representing more than two billion people — along with thousands of civil society organizations are members of OGP.
