[okfn-za] Cape Town budget for dummies

Fri Apr 26 10:12:11 UTC 2013

Hi Paul,

This is great! Would you be able to get CoJ budget material into a
google doc and then share on list here?

Rufus

On 26 April 2013 10:19, Paul Berkowitz <paulyberkowitz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> My first day on the site. Well done with all you have so far: it's an
> incredible collaboration
>
> I am wondering why it took me so long to find you. I have a fair bit of
> existing data on Section 71 budgets (quarterly municipal budget updates from
> Treasury), election results and more. I would love to be involved in the CoJ
> Budget 2013/14 analysis - I have looked through the proposed tariff data and
> have some ideas.
>
> I'm also tangentially involved with the TechInBraam project, as our company
> is trying to launch a business incubator in Braamfontein.
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 4:14:29 PM UTC+2, Justin Arenstein wrote:
>>
>> Hi guys.
>>
>> It looks like the Jozi chapter of HH is pulling together a hackday
>> focusing on municipal (city) budgets. Theresa is organising speakers,
>> thematic experts, etc, with a target date for June 15. The Cape Town
>> chapters of HH & OKF might want to stage something on the same date, so
>> everyone works on common solutions, etc?
>>
>> Also, Rufus, shouldn't we channel whatever comes of out this through
>> AfricanSpending.org?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Justin
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>> On 23 April 2013 08:11, Adi Eyal <a... at burgercom.co.za> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Rufus
>>>
>>> The excel file is not available but we can ask for it. Perhaps we should
>>> wait for the budget to be finalised?
>>>
>>> Adi
>>>
>>>
>>> On 19 April 2013 18:43, Rufus Pollock <rufus.... at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://nu.org.za/analysis-city-of-cape-town-201314-draft-budget/ - very
>>>> nice!
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to get the underlying data in excel / CSV? It would
>>>> then be 2s to get this into http://openspending.org/ and have a first South
>>>> African city on http://apps.openspending.org/maps/!
>>>>
>>>> Rufus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 18 April 2013 17:47, Adi Eyal <a... at burgercom.co.za> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All
>>>>>
>>>>> Check out @fritzjooste of Ndifuna Ukwazi and his visualisation of the
>>>>> draft Cape Town city budget. He's turned a spreadsheet into a story. I can't
>>>>> think of a more apt use of visualisation for simplifying data.
>>>>>
>>>>> Adi
>>>>>
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