We can’t still be complaining about poor service delivery, former Salga boss says
Centre of Public Enterprises director Thabo Mokwena says he does not believe there has been a genuine effort to deal with the problem
05 June 2025 - 11:34
Centre of Public Enterprises director Thabo Mokwena, who served as CEO of the SA Local Government Association (Salga) from 1998 to 2005, believes that citizens should not still be complaining about the poor state of local governance, 30 years into democracy.
Mokwena was speaking to Prof Lucky Mathebula on “the th!nc conversations” on Business Day TV, about wide-ranging issues affecting the local government sphere closest to the people. ..
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