Infrastructural data 60% open

South Africa

What data is expected?

A selection of infrastructural information, focussing on energy provision and water consumption.

  • Electricity consumption
  • Power stations and electric capacity
  • Electricity transmission networks (geographic position)
  • Power outages
  • Prices
  • Water consumption/per capita
  • None of the above

How open is the data?

All answers

Question Answer Comment
Available free of charge Yes
Downloadable Yes
Publicly available Yes
Openly licenced No
Up-to-date Yes
In an open and machine-readable format PDF
location https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/Report-41-01-02/ - Electricity consumption, https://www.eskom.co.za/Whatweredoing/TransmissionDevelo - Electricity transmission networks and geographic locations Network from 2016, document explains development of network. , https://www.eskom.co.za/CustomerCare/TariffsAndCharges/D - Prices Updated from 2018
Collected by government Yes
findable_steps I searched for providers of the various infrastructural data in South Africa.
characteristics Electricity consumption, Electricity transmission networks (geographic position), Prices
Controlled access Yes
Collector name The Department of Water and Sanitation for water data. Statistics South Africa for Electricity consumption and distribution. Eskom for electricity pricing.

Meta data

Data location   https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/Report-41-01-02/ - Electricity consumption
   https://www.eskom.co.za/Whatweredoing/TransmissionDevelo - Electricity transmission networks and geographic locations Network from 2016, document explains development of network.
   https://www.eskom.co.za/CustomerCare/TariffsAndCharges/D - Prices Updated from 2018
Data licence   Unknown
Data format   Unknown
Reviewer   Danny Lämmerhirt
Submitters   anonymous
Last modified   Thu Aug 02 2018 15:35:52 GMT+0000 (UTC)