Destruction of infrastructure could be minimised if government treats 'people as rightful citizens, instead of subjects to be controlled and managed'. Here's what the experts had to say: 👇
As parliament heard of the magnitude of the ongoing pillage of the country’s public infrastructure on Tuesday, experts have warned that government not consulting citizens in decision-making fuelled rampant destruction. Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille told the National Council of Provinces hybrid ministerial briefing of the scale and impact of the destruction of public property and community facilities.
“The cost of crime and corruption are very material, which can be measured in a significant loss of life and the destruction of property, wasted spending, higher costs, reduced utilisation and non-payment of user charges. “The main concern is that the government no longer treats most people as rightful citizens, who must be consulted in decision-making and involved in governance,” said Nyembezi.
“It is the primary source of the alarming number of violent protests in which the informal economy supports the livelihoods of more people than the formal economy, in which joblessness and poverty continue to intensify, along with the widening gap of income inequality.
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