Sean StaceyIntroducerDemocratic Alliance
Cape Town's unemployment has fallen to about 20%, a roughly 6% decrease since the beginning of the term, and this revised policy aims to bring it even lower. The central ambition is to make Cape Town the easiest place to do business on the continent by reducing unnecessary regulatory and administrative barriers, particularly for micro, small, medium and home-based enterprises, where an administrative delay could be the difference between surviving and closing doors. Economic growth requires a whole-of-city approach linking planning, land, infrastructure, procurement, innovation, workforce development and private-sector partnerships. During public participation, more than 140 comments were received across all 20 sub-councils with no objections, and the challenge now is to turn the policy framework into real economic opportunities that reach communities across the metro.