Voting patterns in the 2021 local government elections
Following previous elections in 2014, 2016 and 2019, GCRO mapped the distribution of votes for the main political parties. Here we repeat this exercise for the November 2021 local elections, this time focusing mainly on the spatial dynamics of a dramatically lower turnout. We also once again plot the votes for the main political parties – the ANC, DA, EFF, and newcomer ActionSA – using the same dot density technique deployed in previous Maps of the Month.
Date of publication:
December 2021
Distribution of population vs economic activity across the GCR
This Map of the month highlights the relative location of concentrations of urban economy and concentrations of people across the extended Gauteng City-Region. It shows that in many core areas the share of total urban economic gross value add exceeds the share of the population, while in many peripheral areas share of population exceeds share of the urban economic gross value add.
Date of publication:
August 2021
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Landscapes of peripheral and displaced urbanisms
Mapping the geographies of travel using volunteered app data
The July 2021 Map of the Month draws on the 2016/17 myJoziMoves dataset, which collected detailed trip data for individual daily commuting across Gauteng, using an app on participants’ phones. The maps illustrate quite different mobility patterns of research participants from different income categories. They also display the location of places named by participants as their favourite and avoided places.
Date of publication:
July 2021
Gauteng’s property gradient three decades after the repeal of the Group Areas Act
To mark the three decade anniversary of this moment, this month’s map showcases remarkable analysis conducted by the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF) on property values across the three metros in Gauteng. It shows in broad terms the way in which historically-white suburbs continue to be the most financially exclusive parts of the city region.
Date of publication:
June 2021
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What are participants telling us as we collect data for the next Quality of Life survey?
Data collection for our forthcoming Quality of Life 2020/21 Survey (QoL 2020/21) is now over two thirds complete. As part of our regular scrutiny of incoming survey data, we spent some time reviewing comments shared by participants at the end of the survey interview. This map of the month is a compilation of some comments.
Date of publication:
February 2021
