Metro Lives: What can municipalities do for children?
Children don’t vote — but local government decisions shape their lives every day. Whether a child has a safe place to play, a park worth walking through, clean water, a registered early learning programme nearby, or a neighbourhood with more libraries than liquor outlets: these are municipal choices. Metro Lives is a series of public […]
News24 Article: Cape Town’s inequalities remain rooted in apartheid-era spatial planning
Children growing up in Cape Town’s poorest communities are still paying the price for apartheid spatial planning more than three decades into democracy. This is according to GOOD party mayoral hopeful Brett Herron, who warned that unless municipalities put children at the centre of planning and investment decisions, another generation will inherit the same inequalities. […]
Daily Maverick Article: Missing link in urban development – Cape Town’s future depends on giving children a voice
What can municipalities do to create an environment in which children and families can thrive? Brett Herron, secretary-general of the Good party, argues that all levels of government need to prioritise first investment, services and infrastructure in communities that have the greatest need. In the City of Cape Town, the area in which a child […]