Cape Town Mayor Geordin-Hill Lewis has described 2025 as the most demanding and consequential year of his term, using his annual Mayoral Minute to reflect on governance, infrastructure, housing, safety and the long-term vision of building what he calls a City of Hope, reports Cape town Etc .
The Mayoral Minute, released ahead of the festive season, revives a tradition that dates back more than a century and was last observed in the late 1970s. Hill-Lewis said he reintroduced the practice as a way to pause and reflect and to create an informal historical record of the citys journey, written plainly rather than through formal reports.
In a country beset by government mediocrity, we are trying to buck the trend, Hill-Lewis said. Were trying to demonstrate a model of success in South Africa, based on the pursuit of true excellence in the public service, and genuine care for every resident.
