Gauteng
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Harnessing the power of data: the Gauteng City-Region Observatory
The Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) was established in 2008 as a partnership between the University of Johannesburg (UJ), the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits) and the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG), with local government in Gauteng also represented on the GCRO Board. GCRO receives a core grant from GPG, and the two universities provide significant […]
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The aftermath of Makause’s shack fire
…Eric Ndlovu described a blaze that was consuming shacks in minutes. “They caught fire so quickly, and just spread. You know petrol… when you extinguish it with water then you spread it around. People didn’t have enough water, or enough assistance in terms of extinguishing the fire.” The community told Daily Maverick that the fire engine […]
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Window into political perceptions in Gauteng
Just because citizens are satisfied with service delivery doesn’t mean they’re singing local governments’ praises. This and other insights from the Gauteng-City Region Observatory’s Quality of Life Index.
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Access denied
How Gauteng’s gated communities keep insiders in, outsiders out, and leave the national project on the back foot.
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Green assets as an infrastructure alternative
Kerry Bobbins explains how investment in Green Infrastructure can benefit South Africa’s cities.
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Job post: Research positions at Gauteng City-Region Observatory
Research positions available with Gauteng City-Region Observatory. Deadline is
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Call for Applications: Post Doctoral Research Fellowship (GCRO)
This is a call for Postdoctoral Research Fellows to apply to join the Gauteng City- Region Observatory, a partnership between the University of Johannesburg, the University of the Witwatersrand, Gauteng Provincial Government and organized local government.
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Backyard shacks, informality and the urban housing crisis in South Africa: stopgap or prototype solution?
In South Africa the growth of informality appears to have taken the form of backyard shacks in established townships rather than free-standing shacks in squatter settlements. The paper develops a framework for assessing the impacts and applies it to the country’s leading metropolitan region, Gauteng.
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Backyard housing in Gauteng: An analysis of spatial dynamics
This article examines the spatial footprint of backyard housing in Gauteng, South Africa, and its implications for infrastructure service planning at the municipal scale.
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“Deeper into a Hole?”: Borrowing and Lending in South Africa
In South Africa, with upward mobility much aspired to but seldom attained, householders must spend money they have not yet earned. Borrowing both from formal institutions and smaller moneylenders (legal and illegal) positions them uneasily: in order to fulfill social requirements in one register, they acquire intensified obligations in another. Moneylending and money borrowing, owing […]