Be the Mayor of East London

East London, South Africa · 340,000 people · Coastal City

Running the nation's only river port while widening coastal manufacturing.

East London is waiting for its first mayor on the Board of Mayors.

The city

Landmark: Buffalo River Port.

• Home to the only river port in South Africa, on the Buffalo River.
• The site where the first coelacanth, a "living fossil" fish, was identified in 1938.

How a term works

One hour a day. Each session brings a directive from the city's services, a decision to make, and a measured result. A term is scored on approval, infrastructure, environment and innovation, inside a real budget, and every mayor's work adds to East London's own record on the Board of Mayors. Cities lift each other: there is no losing city.

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