/ 23 October 2020

Toxic power struggle hits public works

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Outlier: The embattled public works department’s minister, Patricia de Lille, is the only non-ANC member in the cabinet, and certainly no stranger to controversy. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

With infighting and allegations of corruption and poor planning, the department’s top management looks like a scene from ‘Survivor’

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