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ANN BERNSTEIN | How to start fixing Joburg’s management crisis

TimesLIVE · 20 September 2026 at 00:00

ANN BERNSTEIN | How to start fixing Joburg’s management crisis

Political interference and cadre deployment have crippled city governance, writes Ann Bernstein

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