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A working streetlight: the new symbol of a 'caring' government in South Africa

IOL · 17 September 2026 at 12:12

A working streetlight: the new symbol of a 'caring' government in South Africa

Researcher Megan Mannion argues that the City of Cape Town cannot claim to be the best-run municipality in South Africa when inequality persists as 'wealthy residents can buy distance from public failure; poor residents cannot'.

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A working streetlight: the new symbol of a 'caring' government in South Africa

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