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Geordin Hill-Lewis (Democratic Alliance) has been Executive Mayor of the City of Cape Town since 18 Nov 2021. Unemployment rate: 21.9% of the labour force in Q2 2026, 5.6 percentage points lower than when Geordin Hill-Lewis took office in November 2021, while Western Cape's fell 6.8 percentage points. On the employment rate Cape Town is 1st of the 8 cities, on the fall in unemployment 2nd. Over Dan Plato's tenure, 2018 to 2021, the unemployment rate moved +6.4 percentage points. Population is up 5.3% since day zero (1.7% a year).

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