Be Innovative To Reverse Economic Fortunes Of The Vulnerable, Dlamini-Zuma At International Local Government Summit

Riyaz Patel

South Africa’s cooperative governance minister has told an international gathering of local government leaders to rethink their approach if they’re to harness opportunities in an era of diminishing public resources.

“We must therefore think differently, and not subject the development of local economies to financial and infrastructure constraints,” Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said at the United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) summit in Durban.

The resources available to work with are shrinking despite there being enough wealth in the world to sustain families and households, Dlamini-Zuma said.

She pointed to the Credit Suisse Research Institute’s Global Wealth Report for 2018, which states that the average