LAEL BETHLEHEM: Joburg’s can-do attitude should be reflected in our leaders
City is losing its way and yet is full of great companies and has a creative, diverse, energetic population
We are plumbing new depths in the abuse of local government in SA, especially in the cities and especially in Gauteng. There is a strange dissonance between what is happening in Gauteng and the rest of the country. SA feels like a country that is finding its feet. Gauteng feels like a province that is losing its way.
This week Johannesburg’s most recent former mayor was arrested on suspicion of having defrauded poor households through a funeral scheme. As I write he is still a member of the mayoral committee and head of community development. He is not the only political leader to be facing serious allegations in Joburg, the economically most important city in SA and possibly the continent. How have we come to be led by such people? ..
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