Data and Information Management
In our two tutorials, the SSK club discovered the basics of creating a file that contains source code for a webpage – including HTML, CSS and JavaScript (in the same file). We covered what HTML tags are, and why we need to use them. At the end of the day we had a webpage that included a heading, a subheading, a description and photos.
The South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas (SARVA) is in its third phase of development and a new portal was released in April 2020.
SAEON is proud to have made a unique and significant contribution to South Africa’s management of the COVID-19 state of disaster. Claire Davis-Reddy speedily responded to the national disaster announcement by mapping no fewer than 52 COVID-19 preparedness indicators and turning those into an online resource that serves to provide data, tools, visualisations and analytics for planning purposes.
The NCCIS is part of the national effort to track South Africa’s overall transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy by offering a series of decision-support tools to inform policy and decision-making.
Keneilwe, a member of our Data Science Team, was chosen as one of South Africa’s Inspiring Fifty for 2019.
SAEON uLwazi has been developing a ‘data services ecosystem’ and websites for climate change adaptation.
