The readiness of South African law and policy for the pursuit of Sustainable Development Goal 11

Today, the world is the city’s oyster. Long gone are the days when municipalities of the world governed and planned in a vacuum that was shaped only by national law and policy. Globalization and unprecedented urban growth have generated such opportunities and challenges that the world is more interested than ever in the form and function of its cities and urban human settlements. Notably, cities are positioning themselves as critical to global interests (such as reacting to climate change and terrorism) and increasingly find themselves central in and responsive to international fora where national programs appear to be absent or ineffective.1 There is a move towards