Reclaiming South Africa's cities with Denise van Huyssteen

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How do you keep factory doors open, safeguard jobs, and fix crumbling infrastructure when local government fails? Denise van Huyssteen, CEO of the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber, has led a groundbreaking movement to mobilise local business expertise.

Following her insights at The Gathering, Denise is on DMC with answers. Whether you want to know how business can hold local government accountable or how your own community can organise to drive real civic change, write in your questions below.

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From Okuhle Soganga on The Gathering’s virtual platform:

To what extent do South African businesses work to avoid adding to the growing neo-capitalism impeded within business ‘culture’?

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From Nicola Cox on The Gathering’s virtual platform:

How do we draw the boundary between legitimate private participation in providing, for example, water infrastructure and the collective stewardship of water as a commons and human right?