EDITORIAL: SA’s imploding urban foundations
As our leaders play politics in plush hotels, SA is crumbling
22 April 2021 - 05:00
As our leaders play politics in plush hotels, SA is crumbling. This was brought home crisply this week in a series of disasters that, thanks to delinquent local government, ended up being far worse than they should have been.
Take the fire that gutted Joburg’s academic hospital, Charlotte Maxeke, last week, forcing the evacuation of 700 patients...
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