Crime intelligence in the SAPS progressing but there is a long way to go

Dianne Kohler Barnard, shadow minister of state security in the Democratic Alliance’s (DA), says she...

“Numbers can kill” – Stats SA chair decries the value of granular data

Michael O’ Donovan in this presentation states it clearly – access to granular COVID-19 data...

SAPS must be given crime reduction targets & held accountable

To bring about a reduction in crime in South Africa the South African Police service...

Social compact needed to restore SA’s restaurant, fast food industries

This week the Minister of Tourism Mmamoloko  Kubayi-Ngubane appealed to restaurants in the industry to...

Independent data sources show cracks in state Covid-19 data

A comparison of independent data sources including deaths among the Muslim population and data released...

State has over emphasized positive aspects of Covid19 in South Africa

Michael O’ Donovan believes the state has over emphasized the positive aspects of the Covid-19...

Lack of crime analysis capacity at police station level a concern

Dr Chris de Kock, former head of the Crime Information Analysis Centre (CIAC) in the...

The magic of Malawi – leading the way in Africa with census geospatial information

This small landlocked country in south-east Africa is one of the true pearls of the...

Geospatial World – Africa’s geospatial industry must move forward through economic clusters

Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI) is about people using geospatial information more in their daily lives....

Getting Geoinformation and Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) to Work for Africa

Africa needs geospatial information to identify the neediest areas on the continent and to effectively...