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Designing better sanitation services in informal settlements: Cape Town’s R138m Special Jobs Creation Programme has real potential to add impetus

03 October 11 0 Comments

Cape Town is currently bidding for the title of World Design Capital 2014, to be announced on 26 October. Cape Town’s bid has focused on making design relevant for citizens and communities.

One of the key design challenges facing us as a city is providing decent and safe sanitation services…

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Introducing the new Cape Economic Development Agency

09 August 11 0 Comments

This article by Murray Williams, which appeared today in the Cape Argus (09 August 2011), gives a nice overview of what the proposed new Cape Economic Development Agency will do. The final details still need to be signed off by Provincial Government and the City of Cape Town over the…

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Western Cape regional economic development – how are we doing?

19 June 11 0 Comments

The Western Cape Provincial Government (WCPG) is currently considering the establishment of an Economic Development Agency (EDA) in an attempt to increase the rate of economic growth, deepen levels of economic development and broaden economic participation in the region. The WCPG has commissioned the Cape Town Partnership to engage with…

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A New Economic Agenda for Cities and Metropolitan Areas

12 June 11 0 Comments

I spoke last week at a Global Metro Conference in Barcelona, co-hosted by ESADE geo-Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics in Barcelona and the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program in Washington, DC.

The keynote addresses were delivered by Dr. Joan Clos, Executive Director, UN-HABITAT and by Bruce Katz,…

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New State of the South African Cities Report now available

04 May 11 0 Comments

 

At a time when SA national government policy and politics still tends to be preoccupied with rural development, the recently-released State of Cities report – Towards Resilient Cities, provides a welcome focus on the role of South African cities and the challenges they…

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A long way from the big city

16 September 10 2 Comments

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Nkomazi, which has a population of 362 000, is situated between Nelspruit and the Mozambique border, and between Swaziland and the Kruger National Park. It is a beautiful area. It is also very poor.

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