Joburg, Cape Town in top 114 cities for talent competitiveness

JOHANNESBURG — There's some good news and bad news for Saffers when it comes to the latest Global Talent Competitiveness Index released at Davos this week. For starters, South Africa as a country has been slipping dramatically in recent years when it comes to attracting and creating competitive human resources. (SA this year ranks 71, sliding from its position in the 50s in years gone by.) But there are some rays of hope including local companies ranking high in terms of upskilling staff as well as Joburg and Cape Town making the top global 114 cities when it comes to talent competitiveness. The only problem here is that both cities rank on the lower end of this particular table - Joburg (107), Cape Town (112). And as the co-author of the index Bruno Lanvin explains in this interview, SA as a whole can rank much better if it undergoes serious labour reforms. - Gareth van Zyl