In a new study that makes a strong case for urgent local government reform, one of the world’s top academic publishers has put the spotlight on the chokehold that poor governance, financial mismanagement and infrastructure decay in SA’s metros have on economic growth.

Taylor & Francis, which publishes speciality research spanning social sciences, science and technology, engineering and medicine, said in a research note by Ivan Turok and Justin Visagie that while cities should be employment powerhouses, they were instead dragging down the national economy...

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