OpenCorporates' South Africa dataset was originally sourced from the predecessor body to CIPC, namely Companies & Intellectual Property Registration Office (CIPRO), and is to be considered as for historical / archive purposes only, as data was gathered up to September 2014.
In September 2014, CIPC introduced terms & conditions that restricted re-use of data from the new CIPC website. This has prevented ongoing updates to South African companies in OpenCorporates.
| Metric | Score | Max Points |
|---|---|---|
| Freely Searchable | 20 | 20 |
| Licensing | 0 | 30 |
| Data Freely Available | 0 | 20 |
| Directors | 0 | 10 |
| Accounts | 0 | 10 |
| Shareholders | 0 | 10 |
| Total | 20 | 100 |