/ 4 June 2022

Ravaged from within, Standerton fights to get municipality working

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Debt burden: Standerton was once a pleasant town to live in but now the municipality is technically insolvent. Photos: Delwyn Verasamy

Lekwa local municipality, which is home to Eskom’s ‘sabotaged’ Tutuka power station, faces rolling blackouts and crumbling infrastructure after governance fell to pieces

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