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Infrastructure Activity Radar

A multi-source view combining municipal capital activity with procurement pipeline signals to identify where roads, stormwater and water infrastructure activity is strengthening or weakening.

RESEARCH READY
Decision
Identify infrastructure activity using multiple independent signals instead of ranking municipalities on one headline number.
Source
National Treasury Municipal Finance Data + eTender OCDS
Period
Municipal v2 from 2019/20 onward + OCDS from May 2021
Created by
Nyashadzashe Munyati
CASE STUDY

The analytical result is shown before the technical method.

What I did in this project

01

Defined the question.

02

Prepared the data.

03

Built the analysis.

04

Validated and documented the result.

Identify infrastructure activity using multiple independent signals instead of ranking municipalities on one headline number.

A large budget is not the same as delivered work, and a tender pipeline alone does not prove spending capacity. The useful decision is identifying places where investment intent, delivery history and live procurement activity reinforce each other.

02 · DATA

Source data

National Treasury Municipal Finance Data + eTender OCDS

03 · TRANSFORMATION

What I changed before calculating anything

04 · CALCULATION

Worked calculations — not black-box KPIs

05 · MORE ANALYSIS

What the drill-down adds

The headline chart gives the decision signal. These additional views show whether the same conclusion survives when the data is sliced another way.

Numerical visuals are added after the source data pass validation.

The question and method are documented, but unfinished results are not presented as completed analysis.

06 · INTERPRETATION

What I would say in the management meeting

07 · RECOMMENDATION

What I would do next

TRIGGER / EVIDENCEACTIONWHY
Analysis completeUse the radar to prioritise where to investigate further, not as a substitute for project-level due diligence.Turn the finding into a decision.

Municipal reporting completeness varies. Procurement data coverage is incomplete.