Uncovering underlying systemic challenges across the Focus Areas

Uncovering underlying systemic challenges across the Focus Areas Bold and Participatory Governance Existing Barriers Knowledgecentred City Innovative Place-making Existing Barriers Sustainable & Catalytic & Ecological City Transformative Economy Existing Barriers Equitable & Inclusive Society Existing Barriers Cross-cutting Systemic Challenges 1

Underlying systemic challenges (1/7) EXISTING BARRIERS Bold and Participatory Governance Knowledgecentred City • Limited • Failing strategic education coordination system across departments • Limited innovation in • Low levels of public sector government innovation guiding economic strategy SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE Innovative Place-making Sustainable & Catalytic & Ecological City Transformative Economy Equitable & Inclusive Society • Low growth/ • Limited data • High levels of • Unequal access productivity or awareness unemployment to economic within informal of ecosystem opportunity • High dependency sector value as driver rates • Limited of a more economic sustainable mobility economy 1) Ineffective & Unsustainable Economic Model 2

Underlying systemic challenges (2/7) EXISTING BARRIERS Bold and Participatory Governance • Strained municipal resources • Limited capacity to deliver effectively Knowledgecentred City • Failing education and skills training system SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE Innovative Place-making Sustainable & Catalytic & Ecological City Transformative Economy • Low skill levels • Poor skills • Legacy of spatial planning in green development strains access to economy inhibits quality innovation and education growth within economy Equitable & Inclusive Society • Unequal access to quality education 2) Skills Gap & Mismatch 3

Underlying systemic challenges (3/7) EXISTING BARRIERS Bold and Participatory Governance Knowledgecentred City • Heavy • Failing burden on education service and skills delivery training limits quality system access SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE Innovative Place-making Sustainable & Catalytic & Ecological City Transformative Economy Equitable & Inclusive Society • Limited affordable housing near jobs • High transport costs dues to spatial planning • High levels of unemployment create chronic stress • High (family) dependency ratios for those employed • High levels of dependency on grants and services • High rates of violence destabilize communities 3) Strained Communities 4

Underlying systemic challenges (4/7) EXISTING BARRIERS Bold and Participatory Governance Knowledge. Innovative centred City Place-making Sustainable & Ecological City • High poverty • Ineffective • Significant • Limited data or levels strains municipal backlog for awareness of resources information delivery of ecosystem • Limited strategic systems housing valuation coordination and across services departments • Dual governance system with limited coordination SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE Catalytic & Equitable Transformative & Inclusive Economy Society • High levels of unemployment and high dependency rates strain municipal resources 4) Constrained Municipality 5

Underlying systemic challenges (5/7) EXISTING BARRIERS Bold and Participatory Governance Knowledgecentred City • Limited strategic • Limited coordination data across valuing departments natural • Dual governance systems system with limited coordination • Service delivery strains on natural environment SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE Innovative Place-making Sustainable & Catalytic & Equitable Ecological City Transformative & Inclusive Economy Society • Legacy of spatial • System of planning and dual high governance transportation with limited costs lead to coordination growth of informal settlements, straining natural systems • Outdated and ineffective growth model biases shortterm results 5) Undervalued Natural Ecosystems 6

EXISTING BARRIERS Underlying systemic challenges (6/7) Bold and Participatory Governance Knowledgecentred City Innovative Place-making • Erosion of trust in leadership/ politics • Ineffective consultation with citizens • A dual governance system with limited coordination • Limited data driven planning and execution monitoring • System of dual governance with limited coordination SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE Sustainable & Catalytic & Equitable Ecological City Transformative & Inclusive Economy Society • Uncoordinated strategy to attract innovative industries 6) Insufficient Leadership 7

Underlying systemic challenges (7/7) Bold and Knowledge. Participatory centred City Governance Innovative Place-making EXISTING BARRIERS • Significant backlog of service delivery due to historical policies and spatial plans SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE Sustainable & Ecological City Catalytic & Equitable & Transformative Inclusive Society Economy • High polluting • Limited industries coaffordable economic located with housing near mobility due poor or jobs in part to vulnerable • High transport entrenched population costs for those inequalities segments living away from transport apartheid era corridors 7) Unequal Spatial Planning 8

7 underlying systemic challenges are at the root of multiple barriers Ineffective & Unsustainable Economic Model City’s development strategy favors large projects & infrastructure, but is struggling to produce sufficient ladders of opportunity to address high levels of poverty and inequality Skills Gap & Mismatch Failing systems for education and skills-building not positioning the city to succeed in increasingly competitive global marketplace Strained Communities Strained families and communities, with stressed support structures and limited safety nets Constrained Municipality Over-burdened and under-resourced municipality struggling to meet increasing and complex needs of the city Undervalued Natural Ecosystems Inadequate urban growth model that undervalues environmental sustainability as a critical lever of human wellbeing Insufficient Leadership Unequal Spatial Planning Highly political climate results in uninspired and ineffective leadership An enduring legacy of separation that continues to constrain economic and social integration 9