titidintsako-bit/public-pulse-za

South African public-data and news desk # Public Pulse ZA Experimental South African public-data desk. Public Pulse ZA makes scattered public information easier to scan: population markers, public finance watchpoints, cautious SAPS crime-stat notes, service notices, and current public-channel news video. The deployable product is intentionally small. It is a Vercel-hosted Next.js app with one public page, a health endpoint, and a YouTube RSS video feed. It does not ship the old server stack, operational map, scraped crime feed, classifier, or command interface. ## What Works - newsroom-style public data desk - restrained source labels: cited, estimate, queued, source link and guardrail - estimated birth/death counters with clear non-official wording - curated public release shelf - YouTube RSS feed for SABC News, Newzroom Afrika, eNCA and News24 - muted video autoplay with playlist continuation - Vercel-root workspace build ## Boundaries Public Pulse ZA is not an official source, police tool, emergency service, government product, or investigative platform. Numbers should only become stronger when the project has: - source URL - source institution - period covered - calculation method - last checked date ## Run Locally ```bash npm install npm run dev ``` Open `localhost`. ## Release Check ```bash npm run typecheck npm run lint npm run build ``` ## Vercel - Framework preset: Next.js - Build command: `npm run build` - Output directory: `frontend/.next` - Required environment variables: none ## License MIT. See LICENSE.