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Cape Town infrastructure budget is now 80% bigger than Joburg’s, with a massive push into water, sewers | Business
Cape Town (Bob Krist/ Getty Images)
The City of Cape Town – SA’s second-largest city – will at last tap into its significant reserves to begin delivering infrastructure to the poorer areas of the city.
The city has passed a capital budget that is 80% bigger than that of Johannesburg, despite being nowhere near as wealthy. Cape Town’s tax base is 25% smaller than Johannesburg’s and is smaller by almost a million people.
Comparative infrastructure spend figures for the next three years are:
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