In order to reduce rapid urban migration‚ there needs to be a regeneration of rural towns.This is according to delegates attending Local Government Week‚ a programme of the National Council of Provinces.The programme brings together all spheres of government to find solutions and share best practices intended to improve the lives of South Africans through targeted and accelerated service delivery.Delegates acknowledged that a major weakness in service delivery had been the inability of all spheres of government to implement impressive plans already in place."At local government‚ lack of capacity in critical areas impacted on municipalities’ ability to deliver. Rapid migration flows from rural municipalities to cities also had the unintended consequence of overburdening urban municipalities‚" chairperson of the National Council of Provinces Thandi Modise said.Modise decried the increasing number of land invasions occurring in the country. The legacy of apartheid spatial planning and ...
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