The Western Cape is trying a new way of doing things to lift growth and job creation by supplying the missing link in previous economic strategies: direct engagement between the government and the private sector.

Initiated by premier Alan Winde during his first 100 days in office, and based on methodology coming out of Harvard University, the province’s economic war room will report jointly to the premier and the mayor of Cape Town — two separate tiers of government...

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