Chamber president Geoff Jacobs said in some cases planning approvals took between four and eight years to come through, while incompetence and bungling destroyed viable projects.The time to issue building permits had been reduced from 45 days to 17;
"Our commitment is to be the go-to city for all investment, and to do that we need to make it easy for people to invest in Cape Town and constantly improve our offerings to the business community," said Vos. Vos said the city council had recently piloted an"I mean business" staff development programme which aimed to"embed an ease-of-doing-business culture, mindset and deed".