Trouble in Africa’s cities is due to the fact that electoral competition drives leaders to be biased towards rural areas.
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Big cities are seen as the centre of everything, which creates an attitude that often devalues the work and skills of rural professionals. And sometimes even they subconsciously buy into this.
The high costs of finding work make it difficult for young South Africans to get jobs.
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Associate Professor (Communication), Deakin University
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Rural Emergency Medicine, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Government, University of Oxford
