EDITORIAL: The shameful state of local government
The president recognises the central role weak municipalities play in slowing his efforts to revive the economy
21 November 2019 - 05:10
For a country in desperate need of private sector investments, you would think that local government officials would understand their role in the broader efforts to break SA out of its lowest low-growth trap since the 1940s.
You would be sadly wrong. Just ask Astral, SA’s largest poultry producer and the biggest employer in Standerton. ..
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