We have to make the water sector an island of integrity
We need to do things differently in the face of the corruption and greed that deny people access to clean, reliable water - their birthright since 1996
24 May 2020 - 00:00
By the end of the 2018/2019 financial year the department of water & sanitation (DWS) had a staggering R16.5bn in irregular expenditure and was, in the words of the chair of parliament's standing committee on public accounts, insolvent...
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