The vision of the City of Johannesburg
Johannesburg has a vision of becoming an African world-class city defined by increased prosperity and quality of life through sustained economic growth for all of its citizens. The particular economic and social goals of the city area:
- Improved safety and security
- Improving life expectancy and health of the population
- A literate, educated and skilled population with a strong entrepreneurial base
- Strong and sustainable economic growth
- Strong and sustainable growth in employment
- Increasing prosperity through higher quality jobs and better distribution of wealth (incomes and assets)
- Reducing levels of poverty and increasing personal and household incomes
- Improving levels of environmental quality and sustainability
- Deepening of democracy through:
- Higher rates of civic participation
- Responsive, people-centred governance, and
- efficient and effective administration and service delivery.