Statement by Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis

In the 28th year of our country’s freedom, our government in Cape Town is driven by a clear sense of higher purpose to make freedom more meaningful to people in their day-to-day lives.

We seek to do so by helping to lift more people out of poverty over time, and in showing that it is still possible to make progress towards the society described in our Constitution. Everything we do is motivated by this higher purpose.

That is why we are improving dignity in the city by investing in new sanitation infrastructure, particularly in the poorest communities. We are making Cape Town safer, particularly in the most violent parts of the city, by delivering hundreds more law enforcement officers and the latest crime fighting technology in our first budget in office. We are working to end load-shedding, which will boost our city’s economy and get more people into work. And we will deliver more affordable housing for all Capetonians.

In all of this, we are making freedom more meaningful to people in their everyday lives.

Source: City Of Cape Town