Patterns of voter participation in the 2019 elections
One of the key demands of the anti-apartheid struggle was that all South Africans should be able to choose their government. As we approach the 30th anniversary of the achievement of that goal, there has been much reflection on the fact that a large proportion of South Africans do not exercise their right to vote. This Map of the Month explores voter participation in the 2019 general elections.
Date of publication:
November 2023
Extended urbanisation of the GCR: gender, commuting, migration and belonging
During the first half of 2023, Masters students from Wits (Planning) and University College London (Urban Laboratory) participated in a joint course on ‘Extended Urbanisation’, as part of a collaboration between UCL Urban Lab and Wits PLanning to design and deliver a module for the UCL MASc Global Urbanism programme and Wits Planning. This Map of the Month three maps produced by the course participants.
Date of publication:
August 2023
Building volume per person in Gauteng
This map of the month explores the variation in the ratio of building volume to population in Gauteng. It illustrates the wide variation in the building space that people have to live in and relates this variation to household income.
Date of publication:
July 2023
Linked to project(s):
Advancing geospatial research and data science
Gender and race representation in street renaming in Pretoria/Tshwane
Place and street names (toponyms) tell powerful stories about identity, politico-cultural history, socio-political dominance, and changing power relations. This map of the month uses a partial database of 31 instances of street renaming in Pretoria/Tshwane in order to describe this in more detail.
Date of publication:
June 2023
The distribution of male-headed and female-headed households in Gauteng
Three out of every five households in Gauteng reported that they have a male head while two out of every five reported that they have a female head. When mapped, the ratio of male to female-headed households varies considerably from place to place.
Date of publication:
March 2023
