PATRICK BULGER | DOCTOR, DOCTOR: There’s a fly-by-night in my pothole
Questions over Joburg Roads Agency CEO’s qualifications don’t inspire confidence, but the saga highlights the deeper problem of lawless bureaucracies
17 November 2022 - 21:25
Recently, driving on Rivonia Road in Sandton, amid the glassy citadels of monopoly capitalism, I came across a vagrant who’d deployed himself to directing vehicles at an intersection whose traffic lights blinked randomly and uselessly through the rain-filtered afternoon light...
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