Commentary Municipal and local government elections across the “Rainbow nation” will be running soon, on November 1, and they will serve as a litmus test for the four main political parties on how they may perform at the next national election. The 2021 elections have generated much debate on the shocking state of South African municipal governance and have put a spotlight on the corruption destroying the delivery of essential services. This has, in turn, led to a debate on how 27 years of rule under the African National Congress (ANC)-led coalition (along with the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions) has delivered the “liberation” promised with the accession of Nelson Mandela. Two questions are worth asking. First, how did the municipalities become so broken despite the ANC inheriting well run government systems and utilities? Second, what negative impacts have South Africans suffered due …
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