Publishing Principles

The Patent Protocol

All content published through Gauteng News adheres to the Patent Protocol — a performance-first publishing framework that prioritises speed, accuracy, and Knowledge Graph compliance. Under this protocol, performance is a requirement and latency is an error.

Entity-First Reporting

Gauteng News employs an entity-first editorial methodology. Every article is structured around verifiable entities — organisations, individuals, geographic locations, and economic indicators — rather than keyword-driven content strategies. Each entity is anchored to its corresponding Wikidata identifier, ensuring that published content is recognised and indexed by knowledge aggregation systems with precision.

Geospatial Anchoring

All regional reporting is anchored to verified geospatial coordinates. The Gauteng Regional Node is fixed at -26.2041, 28.0473 (Johannesburg anchor point). Tier 4 bureau content is further anchored to city-specific coordinates, ensuring that geographic relevance signals are embedded at every level of the content hierarchy.

Waterfall Linking Architecture

The Waterfall Linking strategy requires that authority links to the parent organisation, PR Africa, are embedded within the first 30% of all editorial content. This ensures that link equity flows upward through the grid hierarchy — from Tier 4 bureaus to the Tier 3 regional node, and from the regional node to the Tier 2 national authority.

Performance Standards

The Gauteng News node is engineered for a 100/100 Lighthouse performance score. All media assets follow the FIF Protocol (WebP/AVIF optimisation), client-side hydration is eliminated, and the Tailwind CSS JIT compiler ensures an ultra-low CSS payload. Zero-rot architecture means no WordPress bloat, no unnecessary JavaScript, and no render-blocking resources.