Voting patterns in the 2016 local government elections
2016 was a year of dramatic election results globally. South Africa’s August 2016 local government elections also saw some unanticipated and rather momentous results. In 2014, after the national and provincial elections, GCRO presented a unique set of dot density maps showing the distribution of votes for key political parties in Gauteng. In this Map of the Month we repeat and extend this spatial analysis looking at voting patterns in the 2016 municipal elections.
Date of publication:
December 2016
Concerns about drugs and other community problems
In August 2015, GCRO distributed a Map of the Month on responses to the question ‘What is the biggest problem facing your community?’ asked in the 2013 Quality of Life survey. In 2013, the most commonly given answers were ‘unemployment’, ‘crime’ and the ‘lack of basic services’.
Date of publication:
November 2016
Development of human settlements and mining areas: 1956-2013
The Witwatersrand gold mining belt traverses the middle of the Gauteng province from east to west. It was one of the first large-scale mining areas in South Africa and, with over a century of extraction of gold and other commodities, it has grown to be one of the biggest – although today large parts are mined out and abandoned.
Date of publication:
October 2016
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Tertiary education qualifications and median household income in Gauteng
The April 2016 Map of the Month focuses on the spatial distributions of tertiary education qualifications and median household income in Gauteng (Map 1). Government in the province has a mandate to foster greater social cohesion, but progress on this is frustrated by high levels of inequality.
Date of publication:
April 2016
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Perceptions of mines and mining waste across Gauteng
While scientific studies related to the environmental and social impacts of mine waste have been conducted from as early as the 1970s, knowledge about the perception of mines and the economy and the perceived threat of mine waste on society remains scarce.
Date of publication:
March 2016
