Awe! The “Coloured” Community in Post-Apartheid Gauteng: Winners of the 2025 Written Pieces Competition
As part of the “Coloured” community in post-apartheid Gauteng research project, a call for written submissions invited individuals to share their thoughts, experiences and perspectives on the Coloured community in Gauteng. The competition aimed to amplify the voices that may not always have the opportunity or platform to have their writing reach a wider audience. A selection panel identified the top 25 submissions. The resulting publication, Awe! The “Coloured” Community in Post-Apartheid Gauteng captures diverse experiences and highlights themes of resilience, socio-economic conditions, place, culture and identity, stereotypes, history, colourism, texturism and politics.
Date of publication:
April 2026
The state of Johannesburg: Current context and conditions
This GCRO Rapid Research Paper was prepared at the request of the Presidency, via Operation Vulindlela. The original paper was researched and written over three weeks ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa's visit to the City of Johannesburg on 6-7 March 2025, and his inauguration of an intergovernmental intervention in the struggling city known as the Presidential Johannesburg Working Group (PJWG). The original paper was presented to various PJWG forums after submission, but not widely released. This published version has now been revised and updated.
Date of publication:
December 2026
QoL 7 (2023/24) - Fieldwork Report
The GCRO recently released the results from the Quality of Life Survey 7 (2023/24). Along with the data and the key findings, a series of Technical Reports are also published to go hand-in-hand with the data. These reports include the Fieldwork Report, the Weighting Report, the Sampling Report, the Index Methodology Report, the questionnaire, and the Data Report. This report details how the fieldwork was managed.
Date of publication:
October 2024
QoL 7 (2023/24) - Weighting Report
As part of a series of Technical Report that accompany the GCRO Quality of Life survey 7 (2023/24), this report details how the survey data was weighted to the adult population in Gauteng.
Date of publication:
October 2024
QoL 7 (2023/24) - Sampling Report
As part of a series of Technical Report that accompany the GCRO Quality of Life survey 7 (2023/24), this report details how the sampling for the survey was done.
Date of publication:
October 2024
