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[TOP STORY] Local government failure is now systemic, engineers warn

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‘As much as these are technical failures from an infrastructure perspective, it's also a governance architecture that ensures that these technical failures keep happening,’ says Sekadi Phayane-Shakhane, CEO of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering.

14 Jul 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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