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Monuments to disaster: R1.2bn spent on housing with no end in sight

TimesLIVE · 23 August 2026 at 00:00

Monuments to disaster: R1.2bn spent on housing with no end in sight

Failed contractors, bungled planning and vandalism have turned three Free State housing projects into costly monuments to dysfunction

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