Cities in South Africa are not places with world-leading infrastructure that are difficult to replicate and will draw the best talent.
South African cities are failing to keep up with the best cities in the world, due to a lack of public transport, and air quality standards that leave plenty to be desired. Not a single South African city managed to compete with the top 200 global cities, although some performed well in Africa, and are only outperformed by Cairo and Alexandra in Egypt.
Real estate investors use the index to identify and rank some of the best and brightest global cities according to economics, transport, innovation, and environmental scores. With transport, infrastructure helps to provide access to a wider pool of job opportunities, making it an important social leveller.
In addition, the World Economic Forum infrastructure quality scores remain middling for South Africa, especially regarding its rail and road systems, although airport and port quality is scored noticeably better.The UN forecasts that the world’s population will increase to nearly nine billion by 2035, and more than half of them will live in cities, which makes the environmental scores of cities very important.
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