Cities Support Programme News Today

Sibongile Mazibuko is the Programme Manager, Cities Support Programme, National Treasury. She has 35 years experience in local government having served as a City Manager of Mangaung Metro and prior to that as the Executive Director of the 2010 FIFA World Cup for the city of Johannesburg. Prior to that she served as the Chief Operations Officer for the city of Johannesburg and the Executive Officer, Property Management for the Western MLC in Johannesburg.

Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Summit kicked off on Tuesday. A key sentiment was that taxi operators needed to start thinking of themselves as business owners.

Businessman Sipho Nkosi must think the gods are turning him into their plaything, writes Sam Mkokeli

South African cities are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which jeopardizes the reliability of their water systems, ultimately ...

In SA, loyalty programme owners are working hard to meet their customers and members where they are now says Gordon Wilson, of the Achievement Awards Group...

Government has launched a project that will go a long way in deepening the understanding of the geographic distribution and characteristics of economic activities within the country.

Insufficient attention is paid to the performance of South African cities, regions and local economies, partly due to the lack of data.

Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni are part of Gauteng Province, an economic powerhouse region that produces some 35% of South Africa’s GDP. Temperatures across most of the city are 3-4°C higher than in nearby countryside, but in the hottest neighborhoods - primarily townships that have dense buildings, little vegetation and where the majority of residents are black - the temperature differential reaches 6°C.

Mr Elijah Adansi-Bonah, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi, has given assurance that the Assembly would commit more resources to the construction of more drains to address the perennial flooding in the municipality. He said population increase and urbanisation had put excessive pressure on the existing drains and that…

Claims of financial misconduct, hostile outbursts and allegations of a manipulated business plan have surfaced as a long-running rift between the Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) boss and municipal official in charge of economic development reaches new heights.