Analysts split on DA’s private sector-assisted municipal recovery plan

Swana said what happened in countries that did what the DA is proposing is that, “as the private sector did not invest in the services in the infrastructure, over time the infrastructure was so broken down that the state had to take over and reinvest to rebuild the infrastructure and run the service by the state, which is re-municipalisation and re-ownership by the municipality”.“So, once the private sector takes over the state functions, let’s say water or electricity, they maximise profit and do not reinvest to either expand the service or to refurbish the infrastructure.” Political analyst André Duvenhage has supported the DA plans to allow private-sector firms to provide municipal services.