Make a plan, Joburg, or you’ll become a big, illegal building site with no gold
City’s planning mess is putting pressure on infrastructure and rates collection as buildings go ahead without plans
07 October 2021 - 19:26
Thousands of illegal buildings and businesses mushrooming across Johannesburg are putting enormous pressure on the city’s infrastructure, resulting in constant water bursts, electricity outages, illegal dumping and potholes...
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