How government works
How the national departments changed in 2024
The seventh administration split several departments and dissolved another. What changed, and which department now holds each function.
Guides
Explainers, lists and analysis drawn from the directory: audit outcomes, how government is structured, and how to reach the entities that matter to you.
How to
How to contact SASSA about a grant
Which channel to use, what to have ready, and who actually handles grant queries as opposed to policy.
Skills and training
The 21 SETAs and which sector each one covers
Sector Education and Training Authorities administer the skills levy for their industry. Here is which one covers your sector.
Education
The 26 public universities of South Africa
Every public university and university of technology, what distinguishes the three types, and where each one is.
Education
Every public TVET college in South Africa, by province
All 50 public technical and vocational education and training colleges, grouped by province, with a link to the full record for each.
Audit outcomes
What South African audit outcomes actually mean
Clean, unqualified, qualified, adverse, disclaimer. What each outcome means, why unqualified is not the same as clean, and what the Auditor-General is signing off on.
Audit outcomes
The entities that could not be audited
A disclaimer means the auditor could not obtain enough evidence to form an opinion at all. Six entities hold one, and two more received an adverse…
Audit outcomes
Which national departments got a clean audit
Fifteen of the 39 national departments with audited financials hold a clean audit in the most recent cycle. Only three have held one for five straight…