BNC#9 | Macpherson Q&A: The layers of the construction mafia, tax money in limbo, KZN vote crunch

At BNC#9 in the Drakensberg, Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson sat down for a wide-ranging Q&A on why R100 billion in municipal infrastructure grants gets sent back to Treasury every year, unspent, and what he's doing to stop it. He unpacks the layered structure of the construction mafia, explains why his department is about to auction off nearly a thousand state properties, and lifts the lid on a R6 billion-a-year office leasing bill that once let a fraudulent tender through the back door. Along the way, he makes a case for why the 4 November local elections could reshape South African politics from the ward up, not the top down. Watch for his read on Cape Town's infrastructure model, the uMngeni turnaround, and why he thinks a Durban by-election result is a preview of what's coming.