Urban Growth Monitor

City-by-city ward-level visualisations combining GHSL, land cover, and VIIRS night-lights for rapid planning and investment decisions. Our spatial data covers all 9 provinces, 52 districts, 8 metropolitan municipalities, 205 local municipalities, and over 4,400 wards across South Africa.

The Urban Growth Monitor provides interactive dashboards for South African cities, offering ward-level insights into urban expansion, land cover change, and night-time economic activity. We currently feature 33 city and municipal dashboards with coverage spanning all provinces, districts, metros, municipalities, and wards nationwide.

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Public preview: explore our latest pilot dashboard — no sign-in required.

KwaDukuza

Open the KwaDukuza Urban Growth Monitor dashboard.

Note: dashboards are city-specific and managed independently for release control.