Well done Helen!

Cape Town Mayor, Helen Zille, disclosed her secret in being voted the world's best Mayor - “I put the right people in the right places.... I don’t micro-manage.” The Mayor of the world's most beautiful city is also leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA). She was selected from 820 mayors world-wide, in a competition run by global local government think-tank city mayors. Accepting the award, she paid tribute to the staff in the her mayoral and parliamentary offices, as well as to her supportive husband and two sons. Helen started her career as a political correspondent for the Rand Daily Mail. Before becoming Mayor, she was elected to the Western Cape Provincial Legislature in 1999, serving as MEC for education until 2001 and then as leader of the DA.