TOM EATON | What has Joburg done to deserve being blighted by the political B-team?
Part of the problem might be bound inextricably into the fabric of the city — a place people gravitate towards for work but don't put down roots
23 August 2024 - 04:44
South Africa is a country full of tantalising mysteries, like the location of the Kruger Millions or how Angie Motshekga was minister of education for 15 years. But few questions are as unanswerable as the one being asked yet again by residents of Johannesburg: why does the most important city in SA keep getting such wretched leadership?..
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