Interactive Navigation of Global Data Barometer 2024 Dataset
| Country | Pillar | Cluster | Action Area | Question/Indicator | Level | Response | Score | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
To what extent is detailed company information available for public use?
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L1 | 48.7 | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Existence
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L2 | 1.0 | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Exist of existence:
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L3 | 1.0 | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Existence Question 1 Is this data available online in any form?
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L4 | Data is available from government, or because of government actions. | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Please provide a URLs for where this data can be found
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L4 | (1). https://eservices.cipc.co.za/Index.aspx (2). https://www.bizportal.gov.za/bizprofile.aspx | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Extent of existence:
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L3 | 1.0 | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Existence Question 2 How nationally comprehensive is the data assessed for this indicator?
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L4 | The data assessed provides national coverage. | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Existence summary:
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L3 | - | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Existence Question 3 Please summarize your answers to the preceding existence subquestions including the extent of existence
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L4 | Company data is available on the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) website and o ... | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Please provide the URLs for the evidence that supports the summary provided
|
L4 | (1). https://eservices.cipc.co.za/Index.aspx (2). https://www.bizportal.gov.za/bizprofile.aspx | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements
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L2 | 48.7 | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Data fields and specifics:
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L3 | 24.0 | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 1 The data contains unique identifiers for each company
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L4 | Yes | 8.0 | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Please provide the URLs where company identifiers are located
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L4 | (1). https://eservices.cipc.co.za/Index.aspx (2). https://www.bizportal.gov.za/bizprofile.aspx | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 2 The data contains basic company information including company name legal form status and registered address
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L4 | Yes | 8.0 | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Please provide the URLs where basic company information is located
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L4 | (1). https://eservices.cipc.co.za/Index.aspx (2). https://www.bizportal.gov.za/bizprofile.aspx | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 3 The data contains details of each director
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L4 | Yes | 8.0 | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Please provide the URLs where directors details are located
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L4 | (1). https://eservices.cipc.co.za/Index.aspx (2). https://www.bizportal.gov.za/bizprofile.aspx | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 4 The data contains details of each shareholder including names number of shares and category of shares
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L4 | No | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 5 Structured data on company accounts is available for each registered company
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L4 | No | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Data publication:
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L3 | 24.7 | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 6 The data is available free of charge
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L4 | Yes | 10.6 | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 7 The data is openly licensed
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L4 | No | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
If there are explicit restrictions placed on reuse of the data briefly describe those
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L4 | The CIPC website content, derived from CIPC, is protected by South African and international intelle ... | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 8 The data is published with sufficient language coverage to make it accessible to all or almost all members of the public
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L4 | Partially | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Please explain your Partially response
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L4 | There are 11 official languages in South Africa. The website only publishes in English. English is t ... | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Please briefly describe the language coverage available
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L4 | The only language used to publish company details is English. | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 9 There are accessible and open official tools available to help users explore data
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L4 | No | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 10 The data is timely and updated
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L4 | Yes | 10.6 | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
When was the most recent update to this data?
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L4 | It is difficult to determine when the most recent update was. The company information available indi ... | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 11 Historical data is available that allows users to track change over time
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L4 | Yes | 3.5 | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
For what time periods ie start and end dates is data available?
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L4 | It is difficult to determine when the earliest company information was updated. The company informat ... | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 12 The data is provided in machinereadable formats
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L4 | No | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 13 The machinereadable dataset is available as a whole
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L4 | No | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Negative scoring:
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L3 | - | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 14 This information is missing required data
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L4 | There is no evidence of data gaps. | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Nonscoring:
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L3 | - | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 15 The data includes information about individuals sex andor gender
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L4 | No | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 16 There is evidence of use of this data
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L4 | Yes | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
In the examples provided who is using this data? Eg government civil society private sector media academia others
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L4 | Private companies like LexisNexis, civil organisations like Corruption Watch, and the media (e.g. My ... | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
In the examples provided for what purposes is the data being used? Eg for accountability to improve access for marginalized populations to influence policy for equity or inclusion for red flag analysi ...
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L4 | LexisNexis use the data to create the Lexis SA Company portal which assists consumers in accessing i ... | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Please provide URLs for examples
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L4 | (1). https://www.sacompany.co.za/ (2). https://www.corruptionwatch.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/08 ... | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements summary:
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L3 | - | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Elements Question 17 Please summarize your answers to the preceding element subquestions
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L4 | The South African government, through the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), col ... | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Availability | Company Information | Company Register |
Availability (CI): Company register
Please provide the URLs for the evidence that supports the summary provided
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L4 | (1). https://eservices.cipc.co.za/Index.aspx (2). https://www.bizportal.gov.za/bizprofile.aspx (3). ... | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Governance | Company Information | Beneficial Ownership |
Governance (CI): Beneficial ownership
To what extent do relevant laws, regulations, policies, and guidance provide a basis for collecting and publishing data on the beneficial ownership of companies?
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L1 | 68.0 | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Governance | Company Information | Beneficial Ownership |
Governance (CI): Beneficial ownership
Existence
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L2 | 0.8 | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Governance | Company Information | Beneficial Ownership |
Governance (CI): Beneficial ownership
Exist of existence:
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L3 | 0.8 | Southern Africa | |
| South Africa | Governance | Company Information | Beneficial Ownership |
Governance (CI): Beneficial ownership
Existence Question 1 Are there laws policies or regulations requiring collection of this information in any form?
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L4 | They exist and are operational. | - | Southern Africa |
| South Africa | Governance | Company Information | Beneficial Ownership |
Governance (CI): Beneficial ownership
Please provide brief details
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L4 | South Africa has introduced regulations to collect Beneficial Ownership information to enhance trans ... | - | Southern Africa |