An infrastructure expert said while corruption and incompetence at municipalities contribute to the failure to provide access to water, the crisis in most communities was far bigger than that.
JOHANNESBURG - An infrastructure expert said while corruption and incompetence at municipalities contributed to the failure to provide access to water, the crisis in most communities was far bigger than that.
Maswime said the backlog in the maintenance of water infrastructure at municipalities was so high, they simply could not afford to meaningfully address it.
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