So advocacy group AfriForum set up a local government centre a couple of months back to try to help out. “If you cannot find the right address instantly it makes it really difficult.”Groenewald is an AfriForum regional organiser in Bloemfontein. Dr Moorosi confirms Mangaung’s service “challenges” – that euphemism used to describe the national deterioration of South Africa’s municipalities. Pay back the moneyProviding parallel municipal services costs money, and most residents can’t afford to pay, regardless of the ethics involved. With its Blue and Green Drop Project, countrywide municipal audits and #CleanWater initiative – annually testing drinking water and sewage – AfriForum is increasingly taking on a municipal function in parts of South Africa.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 30, 2021 18:44 UTC