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In less than a week, South Africans would have cast their votes in the local government elections. Then it will be up to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to count the votes and compile the results. So how exactly does the process work? The Daily Vox team took a closer look.
Azania Mosaka speaks to Third Republic director Paul Berkowitz about how the tool works and why they developed it.
Lester Kiewit speaks to Richard Gevers Founder and Director at Open Cities Lab the organisation that developed the portal.
A new online tool has been released to help voters familiarise themselves with who is vying for their votes as well as under which party or independently.
Portland on List of Cities With Tree Canopy Inequity Published: 28 June 2021 WASHINGTON, DC – American Forests, the nation’s oldest national conservation organization, last week released its first nationwide tally of Tree Equity Scores (TES), which document that Black and low-income neighborhood have significantly fewer trees than wealthier, whiter communities, even in the same cities. The findings confirm a disturbing pattern of inequitable distribution of trees that has deprived communities of the health and other benefits that sufficient tree cover delivers. In fact, neighborhoods ...