Vulekamali

Making the budget

more accessible

to all

Budgets can seem daunting to analyse and understand, which is why vulekamali was created. Designed to cut through all of the jargon and bulky documentation, vulekamali makes South Africa's finances easier to understand and access.

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Vulekamali Project Completion Announcement

We are proud to announce that our work on the Vulekamali project, which spanned from 2017 to 2023, has been successfully completed. The Vulekamali portal is now fully handed over and managed by National Treasury and Imali Yethu. We are grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this important initiative and look forward to its continued success under the new stewardship.

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In 2017, South Africa ranked 1st out of 115 countries in the Open Budget Index (OBI) sharing this position with New Zealand. National Treasury was at the time already publishing extensive budgetary information on its website, however it had been observed over time that the use of this data is not as extensive as it could be. Furthermore, the OBI report showed that South Africa can improve on public participation. The portal therefore publishes easily accessible data in a user-friendly format, to enable more effective information sharing, analyses and research. The portal also supports involvement by civil society and the public in the budget process and enables citizens to have informed discussions in different government policy areas. The launch of vulekamali was on 20 February 2018, in Parliament, Cape Town. It is a project by National Treasury and IMALI YETHU, a coalition of civil society organisations driven by an interest in promoting budget transparency and public participation. Given the complexity, the portal will be built in stages. The different development stages are essentially distinguished by the scope of data made available in each stage. Users are encouraged to contribute data and participate in various conversations around the budget process on an ongoing basis.

Project details

Client:
National Treasury
Project start:
January 2017
Project status:
Transferred
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