EDITORIAL: Politically parched
The big three metros of Joburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni have failed dismally in water provision. Who will voters punish for that in 2026?
05 December 2024 - 05:00
Many problems in South Africa can be blamed on apartheid, but the water crisis that looms over Joburg and Gauteng is not one of them. This was a case of taking a system that was created after the birth of democracy and was working very well, and then wrecking it.
When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, for a range of practical and political considerations, roads, hospitals and schools were made a provincial competency. This partial devolution of state administration to provinces was carried over into democracy after 1994...
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