If we don’t fix Joburg, there’s little hope for the country
The City of Johannesburg’s leadership failure is etched in the thousands of potholes scarring its roads, the 45% of water pumped from which the city receives no revenue due to leaks and illegal connections, and the nearly 30% of electricity lost to theft and faulty meters.“The failure of the City impacts on what should be one of South Africa’s biggest assets – a national system of successful cities anchored on Johannesburg.”None of the Johannesburg Water board members are professionally qualified engineers despite the city facing one of its worst water crises in decades.
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