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Does government corruption / incompetence come into play in making this situation worse than it should be?
by wonderwonder 9y ago
Does government corruption / incompetence come into play in making this situation worse than it should be?
- SideburnsOfDoom 9y ago> Does government corruption / incompetence come into play Of course there is a political dimension. The SA national government (ANC) is from a different party to the Cape Town local government (Democratic Alliance, the main opposition party). So there is tension between local and national governments. They try to make each other look bad. Hard to prove, it it does look like the National government is either just neglecting Cape Town or deliberately encouraging it to fail. And they are corrupt, particularly the national government, yes. https://www.biznews.com/undictated/2017/12/15/cape-town-water-crisis-anc-da/ https://www.biznews.com/undictated/2017/12/15/cape-town-wate... https://www.biznews.com/thought-leaders/2016/12/05/sa-water-state-capture/ https://www.biznews.com/thought-leaders/2016/12/05/sa-water-...
- igitur 9y agoI'm not entirely convinced that it is due to malice. Keep in mind that the Department of Water and Sanitation has been declared bankrupt, so I think it's mostly incompetence. http://ewn.co.za/2017/02/12/report-water-and-sanitation-department-bankrupt http://ewn.co.za/2017/02/12/report-water-and-sanitation-depa...
- SeoxyS 9y agoGovernment corruption and incompetence is 100% responsible for this, not climate change.
- johndevor 9y agoI think this is a decent summary: https://youtu.be/nOvmjs0J_QQ https://youtu.be/nOvmjs0J_QQ