What works in South Africa
17 evaluated practices · All catalogues
Evidence snapshot for South Africa
South Africa demonstrates innovation across multiple sectors addressing inequality and service delivery. Thuthuzela Care Centres achieve conviction rates of 77–89% for sexual violence cases, while SmartCape has provided 670 public internet terminals across 104 library branches to over 500,000 registered users, and Zenzeleni Networks offers connectivity 20–40 times cheaper than incumbent operators in rural areas. Working for Water has cleared 2.5+ million hectares of invasive plants while employing over 300,000 people, and E.A.R.S. trained over 12,000 teachers in hearing-loss detection with a 97% assessment pass rate. These practices span justice, digital access, environmental management, employment and health education, though they represent illustrative examples rather than comprehensive national coverage.
Drawn from: Thuthuzela Care Centres — Integrated One-Stop Sexual Violence Support, South Africa · Zenzeleni Networks – Rural Cooperative-Owned ISP · SmartCape – Cape Town's Municipal Library Digital Access and Skills Programme · E.A.R.S. — AI-Powered WhatsApp Teacher Training for Early Hearing-Loss Detection in South African Schools · Working for Water (South Africa) · SARS AI compliance engine — South Africa's machine-learning tax risk platform · South Africa's Women's Budget Initiative — Parliament-led gender analysis of the national budget (1995–2000) · WeThinkCode_ — Achieving Gender Parity in a Free South African Coding Academy
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.67
Equity & inclusion +0.443
Transparency, fairness & accountability +0.286
Documented learning +0.276
Demonstrated reach +0.265
Curator validation +0.25
Evidence of impact / measured public value +0.235
Teacher capability & pedagogy +0.187
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +0.179
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +0.173
Evaluated outcomes +0.163
Scalability beyond pilot +0.144
Innovation level +0.144
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +0.129
Transparency, ethics & data protection +0.083
Weaknesses
Sustainability (ongoing) -0.1
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -0.102
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -0.238
Efficiency -0.317
Top good practices here
Thuthuzela Care Centres — Integrated One-Stop Sexual Violence Support, South Africa · 96
Zenzeleni Networks – Rural Cooperative-Owned ISP · 96
SmartCape – Cape Town's Municipal Library Digital Access and Skills Programme · 96
Working for Water (South Africa) · 87
SARS AI compliance engine — South Africa's machine-learning tax risk platform · 80
WeThinkCode_ — Achieving Gender Parity in a Free South African Coding Academy · 74
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 125
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 125
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 125
- Backed by strong evidence
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 125
- Backed by strong evidence
LISTA — Tablet-Based Financial Education for Cash-Transfer Recipients · fit 125
- Backed by strong evidence
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 115
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 115
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence