The City of Cape Town has approved a policy on open data, the first city in South Africa to do so. But it has a major Achilles heel. A steering committee, which will meet quarterly, will review requests for open data. With its veto rights, is it a censorship committee?
With the ongoing furore surrounding the so-called ‘Secrecy Bill’, one could be forgiven for thinking South Africa was sinking into state of secrecy where asking questions could earn you a long term stay at Pollsmoor Prison. Refreshingly, the City of Cape Town last month approved a policy on open data, the first of its kind in South Africa……….
Read what Adi Eyal has to say on The Daily Maverick: Cape Town’s open data policy: More Closed than Open.
