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absence of a data custodian at the provincial, and 8. CONCLUDING REMARKS
city/district government levels, it is not clear how
this oversight function may be exercised. The advancement of digital technology makes it
easy to create, transmit, store, access, and use
The findings also call for improving mechanisms to information that is critical to supporting a data
ensure data accuracy and completeness by data governance strategy, in government organisations.
producers. The current practice shows that this task Develop organisation-wide data architecture
is being routinely done by data producers. However, standards including ensuring that metadata is
the existence of non-machine-readable data available for each type of dataset, as well as
formats creates inefficiency in data entry time and a procedures to maintain data accuracy and the
lack of data accuracy. A monthly data updating responsibilities matrix associated with these tasks
process generally took approximately three weeks with possible penalties for non-compliance.
to complete. Therefore, utilisation of ICT
applications that can shorten data entry time and However, current technologies and standards have
minimise errors for data transfer to electronic become so ubiquitous that they alone no longer
formats needs to be encouraged. In the same way, provide a distinguishing competitive advantage for
the transition from paper-based reporting to digital an organisation. It is rather people’s creative use of
formats needs to be initiated and carefully managed. information that counts rather than the technology
Local government also needs to review the different alone. The leadership and vision of city leaders are
information systems used in the different crucial for ensuring a successful implementation of
hierarchical levels to ensure uniformity in reform. Review of existing laws/regulations
standards and related implementation. concerning tasks, roles, and authorities of data
producers and data custodians, including their
7.3 Compliance
incentives to ensure that data management tasks do
not pose an undue burden on public service delivery
Finally, organizations may have a data governance
policy and structure, but may not focus on the activities, compromising quality in both areas.
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