ancir / siyazana.co.za

Siyazana is an isiZulu word that means we know each other or we are connected. This website has been designed to provide users with a tool to investigate the connections that exist between the private and public spheres in South Africa. Accessible at https://siyazana.co.za

connectedAFRICA

Note: This repository will eventually need to be renamed, as it currently holds a as-yet-unnamed joint project between ANCIR and the Institute for Security Studies. The project will serve as a prototype for connectedAFRICA infrastructure in the longer term.

This project maps out connections between politically exposed persons, business and other organisations in South Africa.

This package works in combination with a running instance of grano, a toolkit for journalistic influence mapping. Based on that API, this package provides ETL/loading scripts and a Flask-based frontend.

Installation/Deployment

As a developer, set up a local virtual environment (using virtualenv) and clone the connectedafrica package from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/codeforafrica/connectedAFRICA.git 
cd connectedAFRICA
virtualenv pyenv
source pyenv/bin/activate
python setup.py develop

After that, you need to set up a configuration file, e.g. settings.py to hold the configuration for the front-end.

Credits and License

connectedAFRICA is licensed under the terms of an MIT open source license. The project is developed with support from these organisations:

• Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
• African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR)
• International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)

Noun Project

• Links: http://thenounproject.com/term/links/78632/
• Links 2: http://thenounproject.com/term/links/78632/
• Company: http://thenounproject.com/term/building/26205/
• Committee (ugly): http://thenounproject.com/term/committee/75777/