Weekend Argus Saturday

Cape Town is future proofing for population explosion

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CAPE Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the City is preparing for an ever increasing urban population that’s expected to reach about 10 million within a generation because of its better public services, job creation and economic opportunities.

Hill-Lewis is criss-crossing the US, with a stopover in the UK to woo investors to the city, and was speaking as guest of the Woodrow Wilson Centre, an independent, non-partisan group that seeks to foster relations between the US and other countries. The theme of the discussion was Africa’s Growing

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