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Editorial: You can’t sweet-talk a dry tap

As municipal dysfunction and severe water shortages plague communities across South Africa, fed-up voters head into local government elections ready to punish failing leadership at the ballot box.

The price of broken promises

Chronic service delivery failures, crumbling infrastructure, and rampant joblessness across North West municipalities are pushing frustrated residents to punish political parties at the polls.

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