Jozi ups its global game

Recently rated as the most
competitive African city,
Johannesburg is working hard to
establish itself as a global player.
With promises of great things
to come, the city recently launched
Jozi@work, a R1-billion initiative
aimed at creating employment,
improving service delivery and
speeding up maintenance across
the city.
“Jozi@work will change the
way the city does business in
a fundamental way,” said a
spokesman for the city.
The scheme allows for small and
micro businesses from across the
income sphere to work together
and pitch for city business through
its various agencies and utilities.
“These enterprises will be
delivering services across the
entire spectrum of the city’s
current activities, including the
separation and recycling of waste,
resurfacing and maintaining
roads and providing frontline
support to water and power
infrastructure.”
“Service delivery and
maintenance will, in future,
be much more localised. This
will result in higher degrees of
efficiency, shorter turnaround
times and improved levels
of accountability,” said the
spokesman.