The winners of the 6th Greenest Municipality Competition (GMC) were announced recently with the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and the Polokwane Local Municipality taking top honours as the greenest municipalities in South Africa, winning the overall prizes in the Metro and Local categories, respectively. The winners will receive R3.5 million each which will go toward funding infrastructure projects aimed at protecting the environment such as the implementation of waste, climate change and green economy related job creation projects. Speaking at the GMC awards, Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs, Barbara Thomson acknowledged the role played by South African Municipalities in embracing the concept of green economy, through the implementation of long term sustainability policies and strategies in partnership with local communities. “This is an important development for our country because it demonstrates an increasing awareness and realisation that our prosperity as a country is inextricably connected to the well-being of our environment,” she said.
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