After a decade of optimism and growth, many South African cities now face a new challenge compared to competing international locations, Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille said on Wednesday.
These include perceptions of instability and uncertainty, growing urban poverty, increased crime, conflict and corruption, she told the United Nations (UN) commission on population and development in New York.
Governments, especially local government, had a key role to play in halting and reversing this trend.
"But, neither the state nor the private sector can reverse this cycle on their own - both have a role to play in the right mix," she said...
About 1,5-million citizens of Cape Town had not finished school, and the city was simultaneously facing an escalating skills exodus.
These include perceptions of instability and uncertainty, growing urban poverty, increased crime, conflict and corruption, she told the United Nations (UN) commission on population and development in New York.
Governments, especially local government, had a key role to play in halting and reversing this trend.
"But, neither the state nor the private sector can reverse this cycle on their own - both have a role to play in the right mix," she said...
About 1,5-million citizens of Cape Town had not finished school, and the city was simultaneously facing an escalating skills exodus.
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"We also have a housing waiting list of about 460,000 and 222 informal settlements around the city (150,000 shacks compared with 28,000 in 1994), and a growing crime rate," Zille said.
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