News bytes
2011
The 2011 State of the GCR was launched on 17 October, 2011.
Click here to access the interactive 2011 review website.
The School of Architecture and Planning, at the University of the Witwatersrand, together with our partners, the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) and the Johannesburg Development Agency are pleased to announce the "Sport and the City: Impacts and effects of Mega-Events on Urban Development" conference to be held at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, bet
GCRO hosted this Policy Workshop on 22 November. Approximately 60 attendees from a range of disciplines discussed concerns, and potential solutions, around the building of settlements on dolomitic land in the GCR.
Josephine attended the “Energy and Climate Protection Conference” on 5 October 2011 at Turbine Hall, Newtown, Johannesburg. The conference was co-hosted by Gauteng Department of Local Government & Housing (GDLG&H), SALGA GP, University of Johannesburg and University of Stuttgart (Germany).
Josephine Musango has complied with the requirements of a PhD degree (in Sustainable Development) at the School of Public Leadership at the Stellenbosch University, which will be conferred in 2012 academic year. She defended her thesis on “Technology assessment of renewable energy sustainability in South Africa” on 20 September 2011.
Ahmed Kathrada opens the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation's two-day conference on non-racialism - "From words to action: the challenges of deepening non-racialism in post-apartheid South Africa" - on 13 October 2011. GCRO jointly organised the event.
2012
Please note that the dates for the Sport and the City: Impacts and effects of Mega-Events on Urban Development Conference have changed to the 26th-27th March 2012.
The School of Architecture and Planning, at the University of the Witwatersrand, together with our partners, the Gauteng City-Region Observatory and the Johannesburg Development Agency are pleased to annou
GCRO is excited to welcome Dr Sally Peberdy, who joins GCRO from the University of the Western Cape, where she taught urban geography. Sally has extensive experience in research related to cross border migration and trade in southern Africa.
