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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
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Ravaged from within, Standerton fights to get municipality working

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

  • Sarah Smit
11 min read