PATRICIA DE LILLE is the Executive Mayor of Cape Town. First elected in 2011, she was re-elected in 2016 with a two-thirds majority. She serves in numerous global leadership and advisory positions relating to cities, including on the Board of Trustees of the Global Covenant of Mayors. She previously served as a Member of Parliament for fifteen years after a career as a trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist.
The 21st century belongs to cities, especially those of a rapidly urbanising Africa. South Africa experienced a historic change in city government in 2016, when three major metros changed political leadership. The realities that city governments must confront range from dynamic population...
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