A 24-hour work day for Joburg – city speaks on safety and electricity concerns

The City of Johannesburg says that a proposal for the city to introduce a 24-hour work day would yield many economic benefits – but said that residents shouldn’t expect changes to happen overnight., City of Johannesburg spokesperson Nthatisi Modingoane said that no formal plans to make the shift have been drawn up, and the city will need at least six months to flesh out the details of the proposal.

In the proposed system, Johannesburg would model itself after other first-world cities such as New York, Buenos Aires, or Tokyo which benefit significantly from a night-time economy. The residents and tourists in these cities enjoy the twenty-four-hour cafés, supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, public transport, and other services.

Modingoane acknowledged these responses, saying that all stakeholders – particularly from the safety and security and energy sectors – would have to be brought in to be part of the discussion around a 24-hour work cycle.

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