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Every dataset we publish, against its own target: when its source was last checked, when it last changed, and the release you get today. Worked out from our release records each time the page is built, at most ten minutes ago.

Today

23 of 24datasets on time
1late
15 November 2026, 06:00latest check

Rainfall and temperature by ward
On time

Target
Each week's new days within a week of ERA5-Land publishing them. ERA5-Land itself runs about 5 days behind the weather, so the newest day here is usually 5 to 12 days ago.

Last check
Checked 2 days ago

Last change
13 November 2026, 15:01

Current release
5 November 2026, 296,774 records

Next update due
19 November 2026
Drought monitor by ward and municipality
On time

Target
Each month within six weeks of its end: ERA5-Drought and ERA5-Land within days, greenness a few weeks after

Last check
Checked 3 days ago

Last change
12 November 2026, 12:45

Current release
12 November 2026, 74,610 records

Next update due
27 December 2026
Burnt area and fire by ward
On time

Target
Each month within six weeks of its end: FIRMS's fire detections within days; CLMS publishes a month's burnt area some weeks later, so its newest months fill in after

Last check
Checked 3 days ago

Last change
12 November 2026, 15:45

Current release
12 November 2026, 71,385 records

Next update due
27 December 2026
Greenness by ward
On time

Target
Each month within six weeks of its end: Digital Earth Africa publishes a month's NDVI a few weeks after it ends

Last check
Checked 4 days ago

Last change
12 November 2026, 11:05

Current release
12 November 2026, 52,349 records

Next update due
26 January 2027
Dam levels with full history
On time

Target
Each Monday's State of Dams report within two days

Last check
Checked 3 days ago

Last change
12 November 2026, 13:46

Current release
9 November 2026, 42,818 records

Next update due
18 November 2026
Rand exchange rates
On time

Target
Each business day's rates within a day of the European Central Bank publishing them

Last check
Checked 19 hours ago

Last change
14 November 2026, 06:00

Current release
13 November 2026, 28,544 records
Fuel prices by zone and grade
Late: its source wasn't checked in the last 2 days

Target
Each month's prices within two days of the Government Gazette that sets them

Last check
Checked 3 days ago

Last change
9 November 2026, 19:46

Current release
4 November 2026, 16,641 records

Next update due
2 December 2026
Land cover, built-up area and population by ward
On time

Target
Each new WorldPop year or GHSL release read within three months of its publisher putting it out (they publish once a year or less)

Last check
Checked 4 days ago

Last change
12 November 2026, 10:41

Current release
12 November 2026, 14,277 records

Next update due
12 November 2027
Ward and municipal boundaries with history
On time

Target
New boundaries within two months of the Municipal Demarcation Board publishing them

Last check
Checked 7 days ago

Last change
7 November 2026, 13:43

Current release
7 November 2026, 9,483 records

Next update due
30 April 2027
Government Gazette notice index, national
On time

Target
GPW's national listing read at least once a week; new Gazettes in the index within a week of GPW listing them

Last check
Checked 2 days ago

Last change
13 November 2026, 18:20

Current release
13 November 2026, 8,129 records

Next update due
27 November 2026
Air quality by municipality
On time

Target
Each new year of the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis within a month of the Atmosphere Data Store publishing it (usually the following year)

Last check
Checked 3 days ago

Last change
13 November 2026, 08:30

Current release
12 November 2026, 6,302 records

Next update due
12 November 2027
Land surface temperature by ward
On time

Target
Each summer within a few months of its end: Landsat 8 and 9 scenes reach Digital Earth Africa's copy within weeks

Last check
Checked 3 days ago

Last change
13 November 2026, 11:27

Current release
13 November 2026, 4,759 records

Next update due
12 April 2027
Night light by ward
On time

Target
Each month within about six weeks of its end: NASA posts the monthly Black Marble composite some weeks after the month

Last check
Checked 2 days ago

Last change
13 November 2026, 18:35

Current release
13 November 2026, 4,759 records

Next update due
27 January 2027
Surface water by ward
On time

Target
Each year within a few months of Digital Earth Africa publishing its yearly WOfS summary (early in the next year)

Last check
Checked 3 days ago

Last change
13 November 2026, 08:15

Current release
12 November 2026, 4,759 records

Next update due
1 May 2027
Water quality by treatment works
On time

Target
Each Blue, Green or No Drop report within two months of its publication

How it's checked
Checked by hand. The Department of Water and Sanitation's IRIS site asks automated readers to stay out, so no program of ours reads it: a person opens its latest results page once a month and records the check here.

Last check
Checked 3 days ago

Last change
12 November 2026, 13:37

Current release
12 November 2026, 3,103 records

Next update due
30 June 2027
Municipal electricity tariffs
On time

Target
Each year's approved tariffs within a month of NERSA's decisions

Last check
Checked 3 days ago

Last change
12 November 2026, 13:40

Current release
12 November 2026, 2,222 records

Next update due
1 July 2027
Bargaining-council minimum wages
On time

Target
Each new wage notice within a week of its Government Gazette

Last check
Checked 3 days ago

Last change
12 November 2026, 15:52

Current release
12 November 2026, 1,047 records

Next update due
1 December 2026
Toll plazas and tariffs
On time

Target
Each year's toll tariffs within two weeks of their Government Gazette notices

Last check
Checked 2 days ago

Last change
13 November 2026, 13:11

Current release
13 November 2026, 598 records

Next update due
1 March 2027
Town to fuel-pricing zone lookup
On time

Target
Checked with each month's fuel prices; a change to the zone list within a week

Last check
Checked 7 days ago

Last change
31 October 2026, 16:03

Current release
7 October 2026, 385 records

Next update due
2 December 2026
Reference interest rates and legal limits
On time

Target
Each rate decision and each new legal limit within two days of its announcement or Gazette notice

Last check
Checked 6 days ago

Last change
9 November 2026, 20:00

Current release
9 November 2026, 233 records

Next update due
20 November 2026
Dams from space
On time

Target
Each month's clearest Sentinel-2 scene of every dam measured within a month of the month's end; Landsat's year within a month of Digital Earth Africa publishing its annual summary

Last check
Checked 2 days ago

Last change
13 November 2026, 17:53

Current release
11 November 2026, 227 records

Next update due
15 December 2026
Income tax tables, with history
On time

Target
Each year's Rates and Monetary Amounts Act within a week of its Gazette on GPW (usually some months after the February Budget)

Last check
Checked 2 days ago

Last change
13 November 2026, 13:23

Current release
13 November 2026, 13 records

Next update due
31 December 2027
Social grant amounts, with history
On time

Target
Each year's grant notice within a week of its Gazette on GPW (usually late March, after the February Budget)

Last check
Checked 2 days ago

Last change
13 November 2026, 21:44

Current release
13 November 2026, 9 records

Next update due
30 April 2027
School terms, from the Gazette
On time

Target
Each year's school calendar within a week of its Gazette on GPW (usually October to December, a year ahead)

Last check
Checked 2 days ago

Last change
13 November 2026, 21:55

Current release
13 November 2026, 1 records

Next update due
31 December 2027

A dataset is late when its source wasn't checked as often as its target says, or when an update fell due and isn't released yet. Often that means the source hasn't published; the row says which. Every release and what it changed is on the change log; records we put right are on corrections. The same figures, as data: /api/status.