Gqeberha’s crisis is not simply about water scarcity. It is about whose lives matter, whose voices are heard and whether South Africa is willing to confront the unfinished business of apartheid in its most basic public services
Municipalities get 10% of the national budget and must raise revenue from service users, most of whom are the working class poor and unemployed
The new Transformation Fund for companies in distress as a result of Donald Trump’s tariffs should be transferred to workers
Municipality guilty of discrimination as townships run dry while middle-class suburbs are unaffected by the crisis