Rereading D Hobart Houghton’s The South African Economy (1967) and Economic Development1865-1965 (1971) brings to mind the stark theoretical and empirical differences between his account of thirty years ago and current views of economic growth. Hobart Houghton wrote within the optimistic...

To describe the trends in migration, population growth and urbanization and their effects on the demographics of magisterial districts and to analyze them in relation to levels of poverty and poverty alleviation in the Gauteng Province.