CAPE TOWN - The Cities This Week (sitios de interés)
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President Zuma’s 2013 State of the Nation Adress, while at times focusing explicitly on South Africa’s cities, left much to be desired in terms of explicit urban strategies. Lookout for Future Cape Town MD Rashiq Fataar’s take on the speech early next week.
“Apartheid spatial patterns still persist in our towns and cities. Municipalities alone cannot deal with the challenges. We need a national approach. While rural development remains a priority of government, it is crucial that we also develop a national integrated urban development framework to assist municipalities to effectively manage rapid urbanisation.
As part of implementing the National Development Plan, all three spheres of government need to manage the new wave of urbanisation in ways that also contribute to rural development.”Read more in Edition 4 here