Gauteng City-Region Observatory survey finds 55% of Gauteng households are affected by extreme environmental events

Causes are a growing population, ageing infrastructure, poor governance and leaks

New report warns future heatwaves will lie outside range of human experience

Nearly half of the population in South Africa — one of the most unequal countries in the world — is considered chronically poor.

Some 36% of Gauteng households live in poverty, according to a new survey, with poverty levels having shot up during the course of the pandemic

The Quality of Life Survey measures both objective circumstances and subjective opinions of respondents

Shacks have increased by 204.7% and gated houses by 248.8%, showing a widening gap in the kinds of homes built in the country’s most populous province