Stats SA has published Census 2022 data broken down to police precincts, which has allowed me to produce some more detailed maps than previously. New blog post with images: adrian.frith.dev/census-2022-...

I couldn't resist the opportunity to use this meme image to announce that yes, I'm officially on the spectrum. Level 1 autism - what would previously have been called Asperger's Syndrome. (I feel the need to state that Trump's claim about paracetamol during pregnancy is mostly bullshit.)

The Berg River Dam is full and spilling as of this morning. #capetown #damlevels

Here's a map/thing I made a while ago showing the various mountain passes through the Boland mountains east of Cape Town.

Moment of interest as I learned that Zohran Mamdani, promising candidate for Mayor of New York, attended the same primary school as me for a couple of years. Immediately followed by moment of horror as I realised that he was several grades below me. 😱 I should not be that old!

Hey Microsoft, appreciate the effort to translate Windows into Commonwealth English, but "checked" doesn't get translated as "ticked" in *all* contexts... #i18n

He's making a list He's checking it twice He's gonna find it who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is in breach of the General Data Protection Regulation 2018

SA's Electoral Reform Panel is starting its public consultations this month, so it seems a good time to recall that we already did this once with the Electoral Task Team in 2003. I wrote about what the 2024 election would have looked like under the ETT's system: adrian.frith.dev/van-zyl-slab...

Nice day today! #CapeTown

It appears that Stats SA will only be releasing data at ward level, and not small area level. This is ... not good.

I've updated my imagined demarcation of South Africa into 200 single-member constituencies for 2024. Interactive map with more data at constmap.frith.dev Blog post with explanation at adrian.frith.dev/single-membe...

I have added the NPE 2024 results to elections.adrianfrith.com 🗳️

Done my civic duty. #ivoted #specialvote

Some preliminary mapping now that Census 2022 data has started trickling out. I don't know what's happening in Richtersveld where population supposedly doubled in 10 years. (6.8% per year = double in 10.5 years.) Maybe a data validity issue because of Census undercount.

For those who might be wondering: Stats SA is releasing the Census national results on Tuesday, but that's only the high-level figures. I will only be able to update dotmap.adrianfrith.com and census2011.adrianfrith.com when the detailed data comes out in a later phase.

Theewaterskloof Dam is at 115.6% of capacity. In the data available from the City (which goes back to 2012) the highest level ever reached was 109.7% in August 2013.

And there it is! All six dams full to the brim.

Voëlvlei Dam should be 100% full within a day or two.

Want to work with me? At @da.org.za we are hiring a software developer: https://www.da.org.za/jobs/software-developer-cape-town

#Introduction to me: I’m Adrian. I’m a software developer by profession and a map and data nerd by inclination. I work for the Democratic Alliance (a South African political party) as a campaign technology specialist. I’m gay.