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Podcast: First Take SA
Episode: UDM welcomes report on the impact of deindustialisation on small towns
Description: The United Democratic Movement, UDM has welcomed a new report on the impact of de-industrialisation on small towns, launched at the Heidelberg Symposium. Titled "The Impact of De-Industrialisation on Small Towns: Case Studies of Lichtenburg and Komati," the report by Frontline Africa Advisory, the Industrial Development Think Tank and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition highlights how industrial decline has fueled unemployment, strained municipal finances and weakened community ties in small towns.The UDM, represented at the symposium by Councillor Yongama Zigebe, says the findings support its push for re-industrialising rural areas to build a stronger, inclusive economy...