As a property fund manager, I like to look at the horizon and skyline in the distance, to see across the buildings and cranes of a city. Arriving in Mexico City late afternoon after travelling for 27 hours from SA, the air quality isn’t that great, so my view is limited. That is one of only a few limitations I find in this incredible city. Once renowned for crime, traffic congestion and pollution, the city has morphed into a voguish international player. The country’s achievements are remarkable, and yet often unnoticed until you visit the place, which is three times the size of France with a population almost two-and-a-half times larger than SA’s, and an unemployment rate of 3.5%. Mexico is 14,000km from SA, on the same latitude as West Africa, and is able to generate employment for almost its entire population of 127-million people. I don’t think I need to point out that SA’s unemployment is 26% based on a population of 55-million. If there was ever a story of achieving the imposs...
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