South Africa: Local Election Watch - South Africa's Future Is Tied to the Health of Its Cities

South Africa: Local Election Watch - South Africa's Future Is Tied to the Health of Its Cities

Analysis - Municipal elections will decide whether cities are engines of growth or hotspots of failed governance and unemployment.

Local Election Watch: SA’s Future Is Tied To The Health Of Its Cities

South Africa’s upcoming municipal elections will determine far more than the political composition of local councils. They will influence whether the country’s cities become engines of growth and opportunity or hotspots of inequality, unemployment and governance failure. The stakes in the year-end elections extend beyond potholes, electricity outages and coalition politics. How South Africa’s cities and towns function will determine the country’…