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CHIRPS v3.0 Monthly Rainfall (South Africa clip)
Owner: Climate Hazards Center, University of California Santa Barbara
Licence: CC-BY-4.0 (CHC also waives copyright / public domain)
Attribution: Climate Hazards Center Infrared Precipitation with Stations version 3 (CHIRPS3), https://doi.org/10.15780/G2JQ0P. Funk et al. (2026), Sci Data 13, 718, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07096-4
MDB District Municipalities 2026
Owner: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
Licence: MDB custom terms (no resale of raw data; value-added products allowed with acknowledgment)
Attribution: Source: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian of the MDB District Municipalities 2026 dataset
MDB Local Municipalities 2026
Owner: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
Licence: MDB custom terms (no resale of raw data; value-added products allowed with acknowledgment)
Attribution: Source: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian of the MDB Local Municipalities 2026 dataset
MDB Wards 2026
Owner: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
Licence: MDB custom terms (no resale of raw data; value-added products allowed with acknowledgment)
Attribution: Source: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian of the MDB Wards 2026 dataset
OpenStreetMap South Africa (Geofabrik extract), facility points
Owner: OpenStreetMap contributors; extract by Geofabrik GmbH
Licence: ODbL-1.0
Attribution: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Data under the Open Database Licence (ODbL 1.0); extract processed by Geofabrik GmbH.
SAPS Crime Statistics (station level, quarterly + annual)
Owner: South African Police Service (SAPS)
Licence: SAPS website copyright (no open licence)
Attribution: Source: South African Police Service, Crime Statistics (www.saps.gov.za/services/crimestats.php)
SAPS Police Station Boundaries and Points
Owner: South African Police Service (SAPS)
Licence: SAPS disclaimer under the Spatial Data Infrastructure Act 54 of 2003 (state copyright)
Attribution: Police station boundaries: South African Police Service (www.saps.gov.za/services/boundary.php)
WorldPop Constrained Population 100 m, South Africa (R2025A)
Owner: WorldPop, University of Southampton
Licence: CC-BY-4.0
Attribution: WorldPop (www.worldpop.org), University of Southampton. Bondarenko M. et al. 2025. Constrained estimates of 2015-2030 total number of people per grid square, 100 m, R2025A v1. DOI:10.5258/SOTON/WP00839