Mayor: Sky's the limit with aerotropolis scheme
The goal of the City of Ekurhuleni aerotropolis is to create jobs and business opportunities for previously disadvantaged communities. An aerotropolis is a metropolitan subregion where the layout, infrastructure and economy are centred on an airport which serves as a commercial core.Addressing an aerotropolis investment conference in Kempton Park yesterday, City of Ekurhuleni mayor Mondli Gungubele said: "A quick glimpse of the City of Ekurhuleni tells you a story of a city with a high unemployment rate, the majority of [the jobless] being young."Almost a quarter of the population is employed in elementary occupations such as domestic work, street trading, and general work in agriculture, mining and construction."I can without fear of contraction, boldly pronounce that there can be no other catalyst to increase the volume of foreign direct investment into Ekurhuleni than the aerotropolis," he said. ..
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