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Editorial: Forget the politicians, you are the biggest loser: We will all bear the brunt of a political landscape that is less about governing and more about the satisfaction of personal interests and vindictive opposition

will be our future in municipal structures — and possibly on the national stage, come 2024. But little has been said about what these coalitions mean for you.

When crunch time came — deciding who would be best placed to run the more than 160 hung municipalities — the game quickly changed. It is no longer about what the people want, but more about what the politicians’ egos can stomach. And when it comes to each other, they can’t stomach much. The City of Tshwane has experienced years of indecision, motions of no confidence, the dissolution of the council and raging court battles. What happened to service delivery? You guessed it. None was forthcoming. In thethis week we talk to residents and farmers who have had to use water with ridiculously high levels ofNeither has the City of Johannesburg been spared.

 

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