Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed the city’s ranking as first among South Africa’s metros in the most recent Good Governance Africa’s Governance Performance Index (GPI 2024). The index ranks South Africa’s cities, local and district municipalities based on five good governance indicators, with Cape Town being the only metro to score at least four out of five for each measure.
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According to the report, ‘Cape Town, the highest ranked metro, scores well across the GPI categories,’ including first place in the index’s most weighted category, service delivery.
The metro also ranked first in economic development, which is calculated using recent census and StatsSA data. According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for Q4 2023, Cape Town still has South Africa’s lowest broad unemployment rate, having added 363 000 new jobs since the start of the current local government term in November 2021.
‘Good governance is the foundation of a job-creating economy and better service delivery, especially for the most vulnerable,’ said Mayor Hill-Lewis. ‘We are encouraged by Cape Town again ranking top in this latest index, which is a sign of progress in our mission to build a city of hope by helping more people out of poverty and into employment.’
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The five categories measured in the Governance Performance Index are:
- Administration and Governance
- Economic Development
- Leadership and Management
- Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Service Delivery (Weighted the Most)
Cape Town’s top ranking in the GPI index is consistent with the findings of similar reports, which include:
- Cape Town is SA’s most sustainable city, according to the Municipal Financial Sustainability Index for 2022/23, and the top-ranked city in the Knights Sustainable Cities Index 2023.
- Ratings Afrika discovered Cape Town to be SA’s best municipality for financial sustainability in 2023.
- The City has received a clean audit from the Auditor General for 2022/23.
- Rating agencies such as Moody’s have given Cape Town a strong credit rating with a stable outlook, despite a generally negative outlook across the country.
The full Good Governance Africa report is available here.
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