SA Resources: Election manifestos

DA 2019 election manifesto https://www.da.org.za/campaigns/manifesto

DA manifesto fact-checked by AfricaCheck https://africacheck.org/reports/one-south-africa- for-all-fact-checking-the-das-2019-election-manifesto/

ANC 2019 Election manifesto https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/the-ancs-2019- election-manifesto

ANC Election manifesto fact-checked by AfricaCheck https://africacheck.org/reports/one- south-africa-for-all-fact-checking-the-das-2019-election-manifesto/

EFF Election manifesto https://www.scribd.com/document/398765234/2019-EFF-election- manifesto#from_embed

EFF manifesto fact-checked by AfricaCheck https://africacheck.org/reports/our-land-and-jobs- now-fact-checking-the-effs-2019-election-manifesto/

Tools

Raymond Joseph’s fact-checking tools resource https://goo.gl/hkPsWE

Ossint Essentials (a selection of free fact-checking tools for different platforms

https://goo.gl/Xf8tiR

Data rich tools that are simple to use

Promise Tracker: An AfricaCheck tool that keeps track of promises made by the governing parties in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya

Public People: search that returns a chronological list of stories - starting from the latest – which are unaffected by algorithms, rankings or SEO https://publicpeople.org.za/

People’s Assembly: excellent source of information about Parliament, parties and politicians https://www.pa.org.za/

MPs’ assets, business interests and the gifts they received: search the declarations MPs have made about their assets and gifts they received https://www.pa.org.za/interests/

PMG: The Parliamentary Monitoring Group monitors the business of Parliament and its various Parliamentary Committees. In most cases they record and make available audio – and in some cases transcripts – of committee hearings. It also lists the members and their contact details, including cellphone numbers, of the chair, secretary and all members of every committee https://pmg.org.za/

MP’s Attendance Register: Check the attendance of individual Ministers and MPs in Parliament https://www.pa.org.za/mp-attendance/

Find the names and details, including cellphone numbers in many cases, of MPs, members of the NCOP and MLPs in the different provinces: https://www.pa.org.za/person/all/

MP profiles: https://www.pa.org.za/position/member/parliament/?order=name&a=1

Vulekamali a searchable tool that brings all the South African Treasury’s national and provincial budget documentation together in one place. Great for fact-checking, research and for finding stories https://vulekamali.gov.za

OurLand: a tool filled with useful facts and data about land ownership in South Africa https://ourland.hurumap.org

Trace Search multiple South African and international data bases, including SENS, corporate data and suppliers blacklisted from applying for government tenders https://openup.org.za/trace

OpenGazettes A tool to search South African provincial and national Government Gazettes, with the ability to set key word alerts (e.g. nuclear) to let you know about new tenders. You can also search for licenses (e.g. liquor) and individuals via names/ID numbers. In fact you can search for anything that must be gazette by law http://opengazettes.org.za/

ISS Crime hub A source for ready-to-use information, statistics, analysis and maps on crime and safety and other security issues in South Africa https://issafrica.org/crimehub

Election violence map View peaceful and violent election protest action with local municipal and national election results https://issafrica.org/crimehub/maps/election-violence

Political attacks and killings https://issafrica.org/crimehub/maps/political-killings