Herman Mashaba’s opinion piece in the Daily Maverick

by The JICP Team | Sep 28, 2017 | News

Great Expectations for the Jozi Inner City
Herman Mashaba
Daily Maverick 27 September 2017

‘Great Expectations for the Jozi Inner City’ appears in the Daily Maverick. Written by Herman Mashaba it exposes the Mayor’s passions for revitalising Joburg’s CBDs.

“Let me sell you a vision. My vision. A clean inner city where people from all works of life are educated, and enjoy living.

I refuse to give up on the inner city, because I know that in spite of its regression, the people living there need us.”

Read the full article HERE

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Herman Mashaba’s opinion piece in the Daily Maverick

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