# Minister of Human Settlements, Thembi Simelane, says South Africa has made substantial progress in advancing sustainable urbanisation, anchored in the principal provisions of the Constitution and the National Development Plan. The minister addressed the 13th World Urban Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan. Simelane says that, notwithstanding the opportunities it has presented, urbanisation has also contributed to persistent spatial inequality, challenges in basic services delivery, infrastructure backlogs, and overburdened municipal governance systems:
Minister Simelane says SA has made progress in advancing sustainable urbanisation [SOUND]
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