WILLIAM GUMEDE | Solutions for fixing municipalities are obvious, but political will is lacking
Poor audit outcomes are because of corruption, incompetence and waste
09 September 2024 - 09:25
The reasons for the financial and service delivery failures of South Africa’s municipalities are well known, and the solutions are obvious, yet there is a clear lack of political will to tackle these failures head-on, because it would mean breaking entrenched patronage, partisan political and criminal interests...
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