SA’s City of Hope - Mayor GHL on the rise and rise of Cape Town

Описание: In December, 317,000 international visitors landed in Cape Town, a record for a single month. The multiplier effect on the local economy of so many visitors spending hard currency is enormous, supporting a virtuous cycle confirming good governance’s dividend. The city’s executive mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis (37), fresh from a mini-speaking tour abroad at the invitation of his counterparts in New York and London, has just unveiled another initiative to support a campaign promise of making the city load-shedding free by 2026. The progress on electricity is one of numerous ways SA’s “City of Hope” has become a template for other Metros. GHL reckons it all begins with financial stability. He spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.

Video production by Rex George

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Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:28 - Do you learn much from your visits to other mayors?
02:28 - Record high amount of foreign visitors this December
04:06 - What is the process of increasing international flights to CPT’s airport?
06:01 - Threats of making the Western Cape ungovernable
08:32 - Technologies ability to aid in governing
12:08 - Update on making CPT load shedding free
15:47 - Can other cities in SA see the same results from your approach
18:10 - How long would that take?
18:37 - Conclusion

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