Makana’s budget, and those of most municipalities, need monitoring and the corrupt and wasteful held to account
Google Earth shows sewage filling the area from the cemetery to the township of Asiganang, and flowing to the Harts River
There are a myriad causes – human and natural – for the crisis plaguing the country
Local government must prioritise indigent households in terms of providing water, electricity, sewerage and solid waste services but need to improve how they identify these families
Historically, the built environment sector has been reluctant to embrace reform, but it cannot afford to now