Jean Rauch, tech enthusiast and writer at SA Local Info

Jean Rauch

Tech Enthusiast & Writer

📍 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa📅 Joined January 2022🌍 English & Afrikaans

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About

Cape Town tech enthusiast who digs into South African public data and writes about things that affect everyday life.

I'm Jean Rauch, a Cape Town-based tech person who started SA Info as a side project to track South African fuel prices — and it grew from there. The site now covers SASSA grants, driving licences, traffic fines, and travel; basically anything that involves navigating South African government systems or data.

I'm not a journalist or a financial analyst. My background is in technology and software. What I do is dig into publicly available government sources — the CEF daily snapshot for fuel prices, the SASSA website for grant information, the eNaTIS system for licence data — and try to present it in a way that's actually readable. The government publishes a lot of useful information; it just isn't always easy to find.

Topics & Interests

Building data tools and utilities for everyday South Africans Making government data readable and useful South African fuel prices — reading the CEF data so you don't have to SASSA grants — navigating the application and status-check process Driving licences, renewals, and the eNaTIS/DLTC maze South African travel tips and local knowledge Hugo static sites, automation, and web tools

Content Focus

  • Fuel price forecasts and breakdowns (petrol, diesel, paraffin)
  • SASSA grant updates, application guides, and status checks
  • Driving licence and learner licence how-to guides
  • South African travel tips and destination guides
  • Tools and calculators for everyday SA financial decisions

My Approach

I'm not a journalist or a financial expert — I'm a tech enthusiast who finds South African public data interesting and sometimes frustrating to access. I dig into government sources like the CEF and DMPR, try to make the numbers readable, and build small tools to help people make sense of things that affect their daily lives. If something is useful to me as a South African, I'll probably write about it.

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