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Hyper-Local: Reappraising Growth Within South Africa’s Local Municipalities

South Africa has an economic growth problem. And while there has been no shortage of strategic and policy interventions from the national government aimed at remedying this issue, there has been little to show for it. Addressing the country’s economic growth challenge requires greater focus on the local municipal level given that this is the coalface of South Africa’s economy: local municipalities are home to 67% of the country’s population; roughly half of its labour force; and contribute towards a quarter of the nation’s GDP. While businesses within each local municipality are responsible for driving economic growth, it is the local municipality that is responsible for enabling them.

2 May 2025 · Richard Morrow

Hyper-Local: Reappraising Growth Within South Africa’s Local Municipalities
Scenarios for Ukraine: A Theory of Victory and Peace

Scenarios for Ukraine: A Theory of Victory and Peace

Andrés Pastrana, Greg Mills, Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno

1 May 2025

How South African Agriculture Can Navigate Trump’s Tariffs

How South African Agriculture Can Navigate Trump’s Tariffs

Wandile Sihlobo, Tinashe Kapuya

23 Apr 2025

The Zambezi Minute: The Shared Imperative in an Era of Critical Minerals

The Zambezi Minute: The Shared Imperative in an Era of Critical Minerals

5 Apr 2025

Recasting the Jobs Debate in South Africa’s Agricultural Sector

Recasting the Jobs Debate in South Africa’s Agricultural Sector

Wandile Sihlobo, Tinashe Kapuya

10 Feb 2025

Populism in South Africa: An Analysis

Populism in South Africa: An Analysis

Phumlani M. Majozi

30 Jan 2025

A Plataforma para os Democratas Africanos condena a detenção e prisão do Dr. Kizza Besigye

A Plataforma para os Democratas Africanos condena a detenção e prisão do Dr. Kizza Besigye

21 Nov 2024

La Plateforme des Démocrates Africains condamne la restitution et l’arrestation de Dr Kizza Besigye

La Plateforme des Démocrates Africains condamne la restitution et l’arrestation de Dr Kizza Besigye

21 Nov 2024

The Platform for African Democrats Condemns the Rendition and Arrest of Dr Kizza Besigye

The Platform for African Democrats Condemns the Rendition and Arrest of Dr Kizza Besigye

21 Nov 2024

Russia’s War in Ukraine: What should this conflict teach us?

Russia’s War in Ukraine: What should this conflict teach us?

13 Nov 2024

Do Think Tanks (Still) Matter for Africa’s Development?

Do Think Tanks (Still) Matter for Africa’s Development?

Adrian Joseph

16 Oct 2024

The Refrigerator and the Television: Sanctions as War by Other Means

The Refrigerator and the Television: Sanctions as War by Other Means

Greg Mills, Ray Hartley, Luis Ravina, Gregory Nemyria

4 Oct 2024

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