Road and water infrastructure, largely in the central, south and west of Johannesburg, is being damaged
In 2015, the M&G ran a series of articles about the critical state of water and sanitation. Things have only got worse in the years since then
The contamination has resulted in the lagoon being closed while a cleanup is underway, cutting off fishers’ source of income
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Many SADC countries are using scarce resources to service loans instead of offering public services